February 1995 Schedule

UC Davis Philosophy 175, Kant

February 1

Transcendental Deduction

Readings from the Critique:

151-160: Deduction, Sections 15-20

Allison Chapter 7: "Objective Validity and Objective Reality: The Transcendental Deduction of the Categories"


February 6

Transcendental Deduction

Readings from the Critique:

160-175: Deduction, Sections 20-27


February 8

Substance

Readings from the Critique:

208-217: First Analogy

Allison Chapter 9: "The First Analogy"


February 13

Causality

Readings from the Critique:

218-238: Second Analogy

Allison Chapter 10: "The First Analogy"


February 15

Possibility, Necessity, Existence

Readings from the Critique:

239-244, 247-256: Postulates of Empirical Thought


February 20

NO CLASS


February 22

Existence of the External World

Readings from the Critique:

344-361: Fourth Paralogism (first edition)


February 27

Existence of the External World

Readings from the Critique:

218-238: Refutation of Idealism

Allison Chapter 14: "The Refutation of Idealism"


January Schedule

March Schedule

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