Lydia Azadpour is a PhD researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her primary research areas are metaphysics, the philosophy of nature, and the history of science in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century German philosophy. Daniel Whistler is Lecturer in Modern European Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His research interests are the history of philosophy: German Idealism, its origins and aftermath and nineteenth-century French philosophy.
For readers interested in the history and philosophy of science this collection is a worthwhile exploration, providing many insights into a complex, innovative, and prescient thinker. * CHOICE * It is highly gratifying that at last for English readers the major contribution of Kielmeyer to the development of life science will be accessible and richly interpreted. Excellent translations and commentary by the premier scholars in the field mark this as a landmark contribution. * John H. Zammito, Baker College Chair for History of Science, Technology and Innovation, Rice University, USA * These probing interpretative essays place Kielmeyer’s work in relation to the broader scientific and philosophical concerns of his time and demonstrate Kielmeyer’s significance for the historicity of nature, epistemic questions facing natural inquiry, and understandings of the relationships of inorganic and organic nature. This timely edition marks a resurgence of interest in Kielmeyer and provides critical access to his work for Anglophone scholars. * Joan Steigerwald, Associate Professor of Humanities, Science and Technology Studies, York University, Canada *