ClassInfo - Fall 2021 Philosophy Classes

Fall 2021 | PHIL 4055 Section 001: Kant (34320)

Instructor(s): Michael Bennett McNulty
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Meets With:: PHIL 5055 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021

Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 250
Enrollment Status:: Closed (27 of 27 seats filled)
Also Offered:: Fall 2021

Course Catalog Description:: Immanuel Kant has long been recognized as a particularly systematic thinker, one who wrote foundational texts in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, aesthetics, religion, teleology, and anthropology, which still resonate and influence contemporary thought. This course studies the wide breadth of Kant's philosophical system, paying especial attention to its relevance today. prereq: 3005 or 4004 or instr consent
Class Description:: Immanuel Kant's theoretical philosophy as expressed in his Critique of Pure Reason is best understood with respect to his historical context. His system is a response both the excesses of those he titles the "dogmatists" - who claim knowledge of God, freedom, and immortality - as well as the skepticism of the "empiricists" - who deny faith therein. In this course, we investigate how Kant's examination of the limits of human knowledge supports his arguments against the metaphysical systems of his day. The course hence illuminates canonical issues of Kant's theoretical philosophy - such as synthetic a priori cognition, the transcendental deduction of the categories, conditions of the possibility of experience, and transcendental illusion - by situating them with respect to these overarching ends of the first Critique. This course focuses not only on the positive epistemological & metaphysical theory of the Critique, but also the way in which this system lays the groundwork for Kant's notable contributions to ethical theory, religious thought, natural science, and aesthetics.
Grading:: Students are primarily evaluated for informed, reflective contributions in class discussions and for the writing a clear and precise research paper on Kant's thought.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34320/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 19 November 2016

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