RUDOLF MEER - Integrating History and Philosophy of Science

Integrating History and Philosophy of Science (&HPS)

Frank Watson Dyson, Arthur Stanley Eddington, Charles Davidson: “A Determination of the Deflection of Light by the Sun’s Gravitational Field, from Observations Made at the Total Eclipse of May 29, 1919”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. (1920), 291-333.

An Integrated History and Philosophy of Science (IHPS) is both a historical philosophy of science (HPS) and a philosophical history of science (PHS). Following the first approach, epistemological issues are investigated in light of the historical development of the sciences. According to the second approach, particular historical episodes and narratives, or rather historiographic questions, are reconstructed by engaging with philosophical issues. An integration of both approaches enables to deepen our understanding of the interplay between philosophy and history of science and promotes more open and diverse perspectives on its synergetic effects.

Published Papers (Selection)

(with Thomas Sturm) Special Issue: “The Uses of Reason in Kantian Philosophy of Science”. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (2022).
“Between Old and New Teleology. Kant on Maupertuis’ Principle of Least Action”. Open Philosophy 5,1 (2022), 265–280.
“Transzendentalphilosophie als kritische Bestimmung des Standpunkts. Eine wissenschaftstheoretische Annäherung”. Kantian Journal (2021), 7–50.
“Immanuel Kant’s Theory of Objects and its Inherent Link to Natural Science”. Open Philosophy 1,2 (2018), 342–359.
“Kants Adaption der Stufenleiter der Geschöpfe in der Kritik der reinen Vernunft”. In: Camilla Serck-Hanssen, Margit Ruffing (eds.): Conference Proceedings of the XIII. International Kant-Congress “The Court of Reason” in Oslo. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter 2021, 881–888.
“The Peculiar Fate of Human Reason. Reflection on Kant’s Concept of Astronomy”. In: Nina Dmitrieva, Vadim Chaly (eds.): Kant and the Ethics of Enlightenment: Historical Roots and Contemporary Relevance. Berlin: Springer 2021, forthcoming.
“Natura non facit saltus. Kontinuität und Zweckmäßigkeit in Kants theoretischer Philosophie”. In: Christian Bachhiesl, Sonja Maria Bachhiesl, Stefan Köchel (eds.): Zufall und Wissenschaft. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Weilerswist: Velbrück 2019, 495–509.

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