Abstract

In this paper, to Kant's "Critique of Judgement," the second part as the basis of Kant's philosophy of natural science. Previously been outlined in the "Critique of Pure Reason" and "natural science foundation of metaphysics" in the natural science foundation of treatment: in the former work experience in general Li Kangde still the main object of the possible conditions in which health Germany is further object of the foundation in natural sciences, but they are the "Critique of Judgement" from theory to practice, beyond reason and rational teleology explore a different path. In for the "Critique of Judgement" in the purpose and focus attention very end of the natural purpose of the subject, to explore the concept of a rational basis for the natural sciences before the first article is more metaphysical thought from Aristotle, that the concept of similar purpose with similar problems, to see the continuation of Kant and Aristotle's unique progress the side. Before the end of this article will review the natural philosophy of science, Kant thought, to see Kant's philosophy of science in the natural history of the position; and outlines the philosophy of phenomenology of natural science point of view, to put forward to grasp the nature of the purpose of another possibility. This paper is to discuss Kant's philosophy of natural science in relation to the second part of his Critique of Judgment. We first summarize the treatment about the foundation of natural science in Critique of Pure Reason and Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science: in the former work, Kant still discussed the possible conditions about the objects of general experiences; in the latter, he further dealt with the foundations of the objects of natural science. But these two works deviated from the approach of Critique of of Judgment, which was no longer confined to theoretical reason but entered the realm of practical reason and teleology. Before we concentrate on the natural goal and the ultimate goal, emphasized in Critique of Judgment, to explore the foundation of natural science in the ideal of reason, we would point to similar ideas of goals and parallel issues in Aristotle's metaphysics to show Kant's inheritance and unique development of Aristotle. Finally, we will review earlier thoughts about natural science to show Kant's importance in the history of the philosophy of natural science; besides, we will summarize the phenomenological views about the philosophy of natural science to suggest another possibility to comprehend the nature of purposiveness