SOCI 2660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Christian Ethics, Industrial Revolution, Categorical Imperative
3 Apr 2016
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Kants view -a priori= hardwired information we come into the world with. *space and time, most important empiricism (locke, hume) -a posteriori= when we are born, we are born with. How things seem= first, we perceive an object through our senses, which we have to organize through our a priori" categories. Kant argues= it is the a priori" categories (ex. Consequences= we have to conclude that we can"t know objects-in-themselves (ding an sich) (noumena) *there will always be a part of an object that remains unknown. *limit of reason= line between what we can know and what we can not critique= working out the limits of reason. *a disciplined use of reason and you are able to figure out the limits of your reason. Our mind has 3 ways of relating to the world: sensibility. *the ability to understand sense experience: (highest) pure reason. *higher-order understanding and systematization under general laws and concepts.
