Gerd Buchdahl

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Gerd Buchdahl (born August 12, 1914, in Mainz; died May 17, 2001) was a German-Jewish philosopher of science.

The developing natural sciences were the causal lens through which he viewed and from which he wrote about the consequences on epistemology and the history of metaphysics. His book Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science detailed interdependencies of philosophy, on one side, and on the other of practical and theoretical natural sciences. It influenced many scholars in their views about (the history of) science and philosophy.

His book Kant and the Dynamics of Reason shed light upon Kant's critical intellectualism in respect to the then contemporary developments in the sciences, especially for the anglophone world.

He was the first lecturer in history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge. A founding fellow of Darwin College, he became University Reader in 1966 and Tarner Lecturer at Trinity College in 1973.

Buchdahl [1] founded the journal "Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science" [2]. It is known for scientific integrity and philosophical consistency.

He was survived by his wife, Nancy, and three sons.