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  • 16 - Physical geography (1802)

  • Immanuel Kant
  • Edited by Eric Watkins, University of California, San Diego
  • Book:
    Kant: Natural Science
    Published online:
    05 November 2012
    Print publication:
    04 October 2012, pp 434-679

  • Summary

    Among Kant's publications, Physical Geography has a complex origin. It is a compilation of a variety of sources such as notes that Kant made for himself and updated only sporadically, student transcripts from different classes over several decades, and Rink's independent additions. Two further features of Kant's Physical Geography that need mention. First, Kant's contributions to physical geography can be assessed only against the background of the current state of knowledge of geography in general and of physical geography in particular. Second, Kant's knowledge of different geographical facts derives not from first-hand experience, given that he never travelled far from Konigsberg and thus never ventured outside the boundaries of East Prussia, but exclusively from the reports of others. Particularly the parts of the present work describing nature or dealing with natural history would require an almost complete revision.