Michael Friedman's Kant and the Exact Sciences (1992) refocused scholarly attention on Kant's status as a philosopher of the sciences, especially (but not exclusively) of the broadly Newtonian science of the eighteenth century. The last few years have seen a plethora of articles and monographs concerned with characterizing that status. This recent scholarship illuminates Kant's views on a diverse group of topics: science and its relation to metaphysics; dynamics and the theory of matter; causation and Hume's critique of it; and, the limits of mechanism and of mechanical intelligibility. I argue that recent interpretations of Kant's views on these topics should influence our understanding of his principal metaphysical and epistemological arguments and positions.
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机译：迈克尔·弗里德曼（Michael Friedman）的《康德与精确科学》（Kant and Exact Sciences）（1992）将学术注意力重新集中在康德作为科学哲学家的地位上，特别是（但不仅限于）十八世纪的牛顿科学。在过去的几年中，出现了许多有关表征这种地位的文章和专论。这项最近的奖学金阐明了康德在不同主题上的观点：科学及其与形而上学的关系；动力学和物质理论；因果关系和休ume对此的批评；以及机制和机械清晰度的限制。我认为，最近对康德关于这些主题的观点的解释应该影响我们对他的主要形而上学和认识论论点和立场的理解。
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