Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
In the 'Prolegomena' Kant aims to introduce the general audience to his critical project. We will read and discuss the text in full, and hence develop a firm sense of Kant's theoretical philosophy.
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Resources for this course
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Course Overview (Handout 1) |
The recommended edition for the course; the (rough) programme; notes on the coursework; selected resources. |
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"Prolegomena etc." (Handout 2) |
Exploring the title; and notes about the analytical and synthetical methods. |
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Coursework 1: Preface |
Leading question and some background information for Prolegomena, Preface. |
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The Opening Sentence (Handout 3) |
Thoughts on the first sentence of the Prolegomena. |
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Hume: 'My Sagacious Predecessor' (Handout 4) |
Background information on ¶9 of the 'Preface'. |
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Coursework 2: Preamble, §§1–3 |
Leading questions and background information for Prolegomena, Preamble. |
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Kant's metaphysics |
A 'philosophybites' interview with A. W. Moore on some key ideas of Kant's philosophy (20 minutes). |
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Coursework 3: General Questions, §§4–5 |
Background and leading questions for Prolegomena §§4–5. |
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Kant's philosophy of mathematics |
Encyclopedia entry by L. Shabel (2013) that connects to some themes of Prolegomena §§2c, 6ff. |
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Kant's views on space and time |
Encyclodia article by A. Janiak (2009), which relates to Prolegomena §§6–11. |
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Coursework 4: The Main Transcendental Question I, §§6–13, Notes |
Leading questions and some background information for Prolegomena §§6–13, and Notes I–III. |
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Revisiting Synthetic a priori Judgements (Handout 5) |
Some follow-up reflections on Prolegomena on the passage on 4:272 (cf. Preamble §§1 and 2c, and also §7). |
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Intuition, Space, Time (Handout 6) |
Sketching the line of thought in Prolegomena §§6–11, and the paradox in §13. |
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Coursework 5: The Main Transcendental Question II, §§14–39 |
Questions for Prolegomena §§14–22. Note: no questions for §§23–39. |
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The First Critique and the Prolegomena (Handout 7) |
A rough and ready map that links the Critique of Pure Reason with the Prolegomena, and some further background for §§23–8. |
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Schematism: 'indispensable though utterly dry' (Handout 8) |
A brief eluciation of Prolegomena §34 and Kant's short chapter on schematism in the Critique of Pure Reason (A137ff./B176ff.).... |
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Coursework 6: The Main Transcendental Question III, §§40–60 |
Questions and background information for Prolegomena §§40–56. (Note: questions for §§57–60 will be included in Coursework 7.) |
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'The Dialectic of Pure Reason' (§45) (Handout 9) |
Background information about constitutive/regulative principles, the first paralogism and antinomy as examples, and the idea/ideal distinction.... |
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Coursework 7: The Main Transcendental Question III, §§57–60 |
Background information and leading questions for the remainder of the third part. |
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Coursework 8: Solution and Appendix |
Questions and some background information for the final two chapters of Prolegomena. |
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Noumena: 'pure intelligible beings' (Handout 10) |
Background information about noumena. |
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Electronic Edition of Kant's Works |
Electronic version of the 'Akademie Ausgabe' (in German). |
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Idealism: problematic, visionary, critical (Handout 11) |
A sketch of realism and idealism, as well as Kant's version of critical idealism, with an extract from the 'Refutation of idealism' (CPR B274ff... |
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