The concept of reason in Kant

Academic year 2023/2024
Lecturer Alfredo Ferrarin

Examination procedure

Written and oral exam

Syllabus

This course will introduce some key themes of the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of the Power of Judgment, with particular emphasis on the concepts of reason, faculty, autonomy, knowledge and reflection. We will select relevant chapters and passages from these two works. Although lectures will be held by the instructor, students' active participation will be encouraged.

Bibliographical references

Primary texts in the program:

I. Kant:

Critique of pure Reason, ed. P. Guyer and A. Wood, Cambridge 1996

Critique of the Power of Judgment, ed. P. Guyer and G. Matthews, Cambridge 2000

 

A bibliography will be handed out at the beginning of the course