8. _On the Volcanoes in the Moon_ (1785); _On the Influence of the
Moon on the Weather_ (1794). The second of these contains a remarkable
discussion of the relation between the centre of the moon's figure and
its centre of gravity. From the difference between these Kant is led
to conjecture that the climatic conditions of the side of the moon
turned from us must be altogether unlike those of the face presented
to us. His views have been restated by Hansen.
9. _Lectures on Physical Geography_ (1822): published from notes of
Kant's lectures, with the approval of the author.
Consideration of these works is sufficient to show that Kant's mastery
of the science of his time was complete and thorough, and that his
philosophy is to be dealt with as having throughout a reference to
general scientific conceptions. For more detailed treatment of his
importance in science, reference may be made to Zollner's essay on
"Kant and his Merits on Natural Science" contained in the work on the
_Nature of Comets_ (pp. 426-484); to Dietrich, _Kant and Newton_;
Schultze, _Kant and Darwin_; Reuschle's careful analysis of the
scientific works in the _Deutsche Vierteljahrs-Schrift_ (1868); W.
Hastie's introduction to _Kant's Cosmogony_ (1900), which summarizes
criticism to that date; and articles in _Kant-Studien_ (1896 foll.).
The notice of the philosophical writings of Kant need not be more than
bibliographical, as in the account of his philosophy it will be
necessary to consider at some length the successive stages in the
development of his thought. Arranged chronologically these works are
as follows:--
1755. _Principiorum primorum cognitionis metaphysicae novae
dilucidatio._
1756. _Metaphysicae cum geometria junctae usus in philosophia
naturali, cujus specimen I. continet monadologiam physicam._
1762. _Die falsche Spitzfindigkeit der vier syllogistischen Figuren_,
"The False Subtlety of the Four Syllogistic Figures" (trans. T. K.
Abbott, _Kant's Introduction to Logic and his Essay on the Mistaken
Subtilty of the Figures_, 1885).
1763. _Versuch den Begriff der negativen Grossen in die Weltweisheit
einzufuhren_, "Attempt to introduce the Notion of Negative Quantities
into Philosophy."
1763. _Der einzig mogliche Beweisgrund zu einer Demonstration des
Daseins Gottes_, "The only possible Foundation for a Demonstration of
the Existence of God."
1764. _Beobachtungen uber das Gefuhl des Schonen und Erhabenen_ (Riga,
1771; Konigsberg, 1776).
1764. _Untersuchung uber die Deutlichkeit der Grundsatze der
naturlichen Theologie und Moral_, "Essay on the Evidence (Clearness)
of the Fundamental Propositions of Natural Theology and Ethics."
1766. _Traume eines Geistersehers, erlautert durch Traume der
Metaphysik_, "Dreams of a Ghost-seer (or Clairvoyant), explained by
the Dreams of Metaphysic" (Eng. trans. E. F. Goerwitz, with introd. by
F. Sewall, 1900).
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