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Philosophy Department

Philosophy 190, Seminar in Philosophical Classics: Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Spring, 2015

|Instructor: |Peter Hadreas |

|Office location: |FO 203 |

|Telephone: |924-4470 |

|Email: |Peter.Hadreas@sjsu.edu |

|Office hours: |Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1 to 3. |

|Class days/time: |Tuesday eves from 7 to 9:45 |

|Classroom: |BBC 123 |

Faculty Web Page

Copies of the course syllabus, paper topics as well as any additional readings will be found on the course web page. URL:

Required Text

Kant, Immanuel, Critique of Pure Reason, Guyer and Wood trans., (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), ISBN: 0-521-65729-6. Abbreviated below as 'CPR.'

Recommended Secondary Sources

Biography

Kuehn, Manfred, Kant: A Biography, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001)

Primary Commentary

Please Note: It is Highly Recommended You Read the Pages of This Commentary as Indicated in the Schedule Below in Conjunction with The Critique of Pure Reason Itself. It Should Greatly Help to Clarify What May Seem Impenetrable When You Are Reading The Critique of Pure Reason.

Gardner, Sebastian, Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason, (London/New York: Routledge, 1999). Abbreviated below as GCPR.

Additional Recommended Commentary

Adorno, Theodor W., Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, T. Tiedemann, edit, Livingstone, trans. (Stanford: Stanford U. Press, 2001)

Bird, Graham, The Revolutionary Kant, (Chicago and La Salle, IL: Open Court, 2006) [879 pages]

General Studies of Kant’s Life and Philosophy

Cassirer, Ernst, Kant’s Life and Thought, trans./ J. Haden, (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 1981).

Rohlf, Michael, "Immanuel Kant", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = .

General Reference Text on Kantian Concepts and Terminology

Caygill, Howard, A Kant Dictionary, (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995)

Assignments and Grading

Besides the assigned readings and attending class, the main work of the class will be completing three papers. The first two papers should be approximately four to five pages long (double-spaced) and the last paper should be approximately seven to eight pages. Paper topics will be handed out several weeks before papers are due.

In order to encourage students to keep up with the readings, there will be fopur very short reading quizzes. They'll be multiple-choice and cover, not the details of the text, but central concepts and themes.

Weight of Assignments in Determining Grade:

First paper: 20%.

Second paper: 20%.

Third (Final) paper: 30%.

Quizzes: 3% each, totaling 12%.

Class participation: 18%.

University Policies

Academic integrity

Students are expected to be familiar with the University’s Academic Integrity Policy. Please review this at . “Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San Jose State University and the University’s integrity policy, require you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the office of Student Conduct and Ethical development.”

Instances of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Cheating on exams or plagiarism (presenting the work of another as your own, or the use of another person’s ideas without giving proper credit) will result in a failing grade and sanctions by the University. For this class, all assignments are to be completed by the individual student unless otherwise specified. “If you would like to include in your assignment any material you have submitted, or plan to submit for another class, please note that SJSU’s Academic Policy F06-1 requires approval of instructors.”

Campus Policy in Compliance with the American Disabilities Act

If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you need to make special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. Students with disabilities need to register with San Jose State University Accessible Education Center (AEC), formerly known as the Disability Resource Center (DRC). The Center is located in ADMIN 110, Telephone 408-924-6000; email aec-info@sjsu.edu Special accommodations for exams generally require ample notice -- at least a week -- to the testing office and should be submitted to the instructor well in advance before exam.

Phil 190: Kant -- The Critique of Pure Reason

(Note: subject to change with fair notice.)

Course Schedule

|Week |Date |Topics, Assignments, Due Dates |

|1 |Jan. 27 |Introduction to Seminar |

| | |Review of Main Developments in Kant's Career |

|2 |Feb. 3 |Read for class Preface to First and Second editions of CPR, |

| | |99-124). NOTE: is used to indicate first edition of CPR and the second edition. |

| | |Reading quiz on first and second edition the Prefaces of CPR. |

|3 |Feb. 10 |Read for class Introduction , (pp. 136-152); |

| | |Recommended reading: chapters 2 & 3 in GCPR, “The Possibility of Objects.” and “How are synthetic a |

| | |priori judgments possible? (The Introduction.)” |

| | |Topics for first paper handed out. |

|4 |Feb. 17 |Read for class the Transcendental Aesthetic (pp. 172-192). |

|5 |Feb. 24 |Read for class in CPR, the Transcendental Logic, and p. 193 through to p. 218. |

| | |Reading quiz on CPR: Transcendental Logic, p. 193-218. |

|6 |March 3 |Read for class the first edition version () of the “Deduction of the Pure Concepts of |

| | |Understanding” (pp. 219-244). |

| | |Recommended reading in GCPR: pp. 131-145. |

| | |First paper Due in Class. |

| | |Second paper topics handed out. |

|7 |March 10 |Read for class in CPR the second edition version of the |

| | |Transcendental Deduction of the Categories, (pp. 245-266). |

| | |Recommended reading in GCPR: pp. 145-165. |

|8 |March 17 |Read in CPR: “Analytic of Principles” from p. 267 through to p. 295. Recommended in GCPR: pp. |

| | |165-176. |

| |March 23-27 |Monday-Friday: Spring Recess |

| |March 31 |No Class Cesar Chavez Day -- Campus Closed |

|9 |April 7 |Continue reading “Analytic of Principles” in CPR from p. 295 to p. 337. Recommended, GCPR, pp. 176-|

| | |188. |

| | |Second paper due. Topics handed out for final paper. |

|10 |April 14 |Read from CPR, “The paralogisms of Pure Reason,” pp. 409-415; 445-58. Recommended from GCPR pp. |

| | |225-231. |

| | |Reading Quiz on CPR pp. 409-415 and 445-58. |

|11 |April 21 |Read in CPR from “The Antinomy of Pure Reason,” pp. 459-495. Recommended reading from GCPR pp. |

| | |231-237. |

|12 |April 28 |Read from CPR “The Antinomy of Pure Reason,” pp. 496-550. |

| | |Reading Quiz on CPR pp. 496-550. |

|13 |May 5 |Read from CPR “The Ideal of Pure Reason” pp. 551--589. Recommended reading from GCPR pp. 255-267.|

|14 |May 12 |Read from CPR “The Canon of Pure Reason” pp. 672--690. Recommended reading from GCPR, pp. |

| | |307-326. |

Official Final Exam Day: Tuesday, May 19th.

BUT, There will be no final exam. Rather, the final 7-8 page paper will be due on the day of the final exam. Do not go to class. You can bring your final paper to my office (203 F. O. B.) or put it under my office door any time on Tuesday, May 19th.

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