Kant's Organicism: Epigenesis and the Development of Critical Philosophy

"A striking and radical rereading of [Kant's first Critique] through the concept of epigenesis . . . Mensch's reading is bold and innovative." —Radical Philosophy

The towering achievement of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason has long overshadowed his other interests in natural history and the life sciences, which were considered separate from his theoretical philosophy—until now. In Kant's Organicism, Jennifer Mensch draws a crucial link between these spheres by showing how the concep...