Understanding purpose: Kant and the philosophy of biology

Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press (2007)
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A collection of essays investigating key historical and scientific questions relating to the concept of natural purpose in Kant's philosophy of biology.

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Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment.Peter Hanns Reill - 2005 - University of California Press.
Der Einzig mögliche Beweisgrund zu einer Demonstration des Daseins Gottes.Immanuel Kant - 2011 - Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag. Edited by Lothar Kreimendahl & Michael Oberhausen.
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Kant and Blumenbach on the Bildungstrieb: A Historical Misunderstanding.Robert J. Richards - 2000 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 31 (1):11-32.
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