Readings

Monday, April 1

: (no reading, ﬁrst class). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Preface, Introduction, Tr. Aesthetic, and Intro to Tr. Logic

Wednesday, April 3

: Preface, through “philosophy into philodoxy” (Bvii–xxxvii) (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, April 8

: Introduction (B1–30). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, April 10

: beginning of Transcendental Aesthetic, through end of §7 (B33–58) (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, April 15

: end of Transcendental Aesthetic, and Introduction to Transcendental Logic (B59–88). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Transcendental Analytic

Wednesday, April 17

: Introduction to Transcendental Analytic, and Metaphysical Deduction (B89–116). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, April 18

: beginning of Transcendental Deduction, through the end of §20 (B116–143). (This lecture will be at the usual class time, 5:20–6:55pm, via Zoom only.) (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, April 22

: No class due to Passover (which begins this evening).

Wednesday, April 24

: No class due to the second day of Passover.

Thursday, April 25

: end of Transcendental Deduction (B144–69). (This lecture will be at the usual class time, 5:20–6:55pm, via Zoom only.) (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, April 29

: No class due to the seventh day of Passover.

Tuesday, April 30

: First take home midterm due.

Wednesday, May 1

: Schematism (and various introductory material) (B169–202). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, May 2

: Introduction to the Analogies, Second Analogy, Postulates of Empirical Thought, and Refutation of Idealism (B218–24, B232–47, B265–79). (This lecture will be at the usual class time, 5:20–6:55pm, via Zoom only.) (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, May 6

: Phenomena and Noumena (B295–315). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, May 8

: Amphiboly (B316–49). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Transcendental Dialectic

Monday, May 13

: Introduction to the Dialectic, and beginning of the Concepts of Pure Reason (B349–77). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, May 15

: end of the Concepts of Pure Reason, and beginning of the Inferences of Pure Reason (B377–398). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, May 16

: Second take home exam due.

Monday, May 20

: Paralogisms (B398–432). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, May 22

: Introduction to Antinomies, and Third Antinomy (B432–453, B472–79). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, May 27

: No class (Memorial Day)

Wednesday, May 29

: Concluding Note on the Solution of the Mathematical-Transcendental Ideas, and Solution to the Third Antinomy (B556–86). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, June 3

: Ideal (B595–619). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, June 5

: Impossibility of the Cosmological and Ontological Proofs (B620–42). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Tuesday, June 11

: Take home ﬁnal (or ﬁnal paper[3]There is no formal assignment for the ﬁnal paper; if you would like to pursue this option and need guidelines or suggestions, please contact me.) due.