PHIL 2540 Lecture 9: Kant, Parfit and The Korsgaard and Kantian Article

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2540
• Professor: Chris Genovesi

Document Summary

Kant, par t and the korsgaard and kantian article. To study the mind infer the conditions necessary for experience. Arguments with this structure are called transcendental arguments because they begin with something observable (experience) and generate a conclusion about necessary. In contemporary wording we would call this method argument to the best conclusion (used in cognitive science) Being a single integrated group of experiences requires two kinds of unity: experiences have a single common subject, consciousness that the subject has of represented objects or representations must be uni ed. That which is necessary (a condition for) in order for there to be a uni ed empirical self- consciousness. Synthesizes all of our sensations according to the structure of our mind. Nothing can be known of this since it is a condition not an object of knowledge (to know how we were created, ex.