PHI 3382 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Critical Philosophy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 3382
• Professor: Jeffrey Reid

Document Summary

Main problem with kant"s writings: many of the terms are used multiple times in different ways (intuitions, forms, understanding etc. : leads to plenty of confusion, makes his writings unclear. Answering the question: what can i know: the question that motivates the first critique. Kant want to know the limits of knowledge. Knowledge is transcendental: it subjective, rather than looking for the truth in the actual object themselves, how can i get at those objects, take them apart, know what makes them tick, know what their truth is. We can"t do that because we have no experience of those objects themselves. How is subjective knowledge possible when we can"t get to the objects themselves: then knowledge must be subjective, knowledge is transcendental, there must be a universality in knowledge. We"re trying to follow kant"s transcendental investigations. Fundamental distinction: of knowledge: transcendental aesthetic. Intuitions create representations: transcendental analytic (falls under transcendental logic) Table of categories (inspired by aristotle: quality, quantity, relation, modality.