%0 Journal Article
%T Integrating Chemistry, Electricity and Magnetism into Dynamical Natural Philosophy: J. F. Fries¡¯s Extension of Kant¡¯s Metaphysical Foundations
%A Erdmann G£¿rg
%J Advances in Historical Studies
%P 56-67
%@ 2327-0446
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ahs.2014.31006
%X Kant¡¯s Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science has an almost exclusive focus on Newton¡¯s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Other research fields like electrostatics, magnetism, chemistry or biology are hardly dealt with. A successor of Kant, the philosopher, natural scientist and mathematician Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773-1843), accommodates Kant¡¯s major thoughts on a metaphysical foundation but aims at assisting natural science of his time by employing a heuristic interpretation of Kant¡¯s fundamental forces. In my paper, I will trace Fries¡¯s application of his heurist maxims on the development of other evolving fields of research. This will provide concrete examples on how Fries thought philosophy to support science. For that reason, I will highlight the different status that Kant and Fries concede non-mechanic research areas. To restrict the analysis, I will focus on the actual incorporation of chemical dissolution, Coulomb¡¯s law and magnetism into Kantian Dynamics as a concrete example of Fries¡¯s methodology.
%K Fries
%K Kant
%K Newtonianism
%K Natural Philosophy
%K Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science
%K Mathematical Philosophy of Nature
%K Mechanics
%K Electricity
%K Magnetism
%K Chemistry
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=43391