As it happens, Googling "Great Debate" turns up multiple webpages on the debate between Shapley and Curtis, which have full information. Sometimes, however, this debate is still referenced in documentaries without any explanation of its background, or any mention of Kant or Laplace. Thus, ...
concerning Dowgird's life, a general outline of his philosophical conceptions against the background of philosophy during the Polish- Lithuanian Enlightenment, and – in the main part – an articulation of these elements in Dowgird's philosophy which stand in a clear opposition to Kant's views....
Immanuel Kant, German philosopher who was one of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment and who inaugurated a new era of philosophical thought. His comprehensive and systematic work in epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics greatly influenced all subse