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Notes on Introduction to Philosophy -- Phil A201 William Jamison - Instructor Lecture 9 Slide 1: Immanuel Kant and his development Critique of Pure Reason - 1781 What our reason can and cannot achieve Knowledge is possible because our minds play an active role, organizing and systematizing experience Space, Time and Substance are creations of our reason without which we could not comprehend the world The thing in itself is beyond our knowledge Slide 2: Kant Critique of Practical Reason - Ethics Man is capable of following rational law but also liable to be swayed by non-rational desires of our physical nature Moral action is a struggle suppressing all desires except reverence for moral law Do your Duty for the sake of Duty Critique of Judgment - Aesthetics Harmony of understanding and imagination in contrast to the reasoning aspects of human nature Explanation: Kant successfully answers Hume and shows one way there can be a synthetic a priori. The structure of reality is rational because it is imposed on reality by our minds. |
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