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PHIL 415 - Kant

(3 units)
Intensive study of one of his major writings, e.g., the Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason, Critique of Judgment, Metaphysics of Morals.

Prerequisite(s): 6 credits of philosophy.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. state a thesis about a key philosophical work by Kant, explain the thesis, and provide evidence, textual and philosophical, in its defense.
2. explain and interpret some central ideas associated with Kant’s philosophy.
3. distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize conceptual relationships, in a work by Kant and/or a secondary source that comments critically on it.
4. show what is at stake, for current philosophical debates, in Kant’s philosophical work.


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