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Kant can provide, and has provided, a good model for philosophers to think about the relation of metaphysics to science and scientific methodology.

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Allen W. Wood
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 1
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I think it is clear that what we ought to do has to be independent of our decisions about what to do, and independent of any procedures we might use in making such decisions.
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