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Philosophy
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University of
Windsor
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Overview
What are the limits of human knowledge? How is
knowledge in mathematics and the natural sciences possible? Is it
possible to have knowledge in matters of morality? Is it possible to
have knowledge in matters of religion? What is real? To what
is extent is what we take to be real constructed by our own minds?
Do aesthetic considerations factor into how we answer any of the
preceding questions? These are just some of the questions Kant
considered in his philosophy, and they are among the questions we
will exam in this course. The principal text of study will be
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Selections from the
Critique of Practical Reason, the Prolegomena on any Future
Metaphysics, and the Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic
of Morals also will be used.
As well as considering Kant's views on the
above subject matters, we will discuss some of the major figures who
influenced his thought: Hume, Leibniz, and Wolfe. Time
permitting, there will be a brief examination of Kant's impact on
thinkers that followed him.
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