Philosophy 175

Kant

Spring, 2009

Lecture: 233 Wellman			Phone: (530) 554-4950
Instructor: Dr. G. J. Mattey			E-mail: gjmattey@ucdavis.edu
Office: 2298 Social Sciences and Humanities Building			Office Hours: T 10-12, F 2-3

Texts: Critique of Pure Reason, tr. Werner Pluhar (Unified Edition)
Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics, tr. James Ellington (Second Edition)

Course Web Site: http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/mattey/phi175/index.html

Backup Web Site: http://hume.ucdavis.edu/mattey/phi175/index.html

Schedule

Month	Day	Topic	Critique	Prolegomena
March	30	Introduction to Kant		117-120
April	1	"Leibniz-Wolff" Metaphysics	5-40, 323-343, 755-774	1-8
	6	Analytic and Synthetic Judgments	43-68, 668-687	9-22
	8	Space	71-81	23-29
	13	Time	85-87
	15	Transcendental Idealism	81-84, 87-104	29-33, 105-108
	20	Metaphysical Deduction	105-140	35--43, 60-63
	22	Transcendental Deduction	141-150, 175-185
	27	Transcendental Deduction	185-203	43-45
	29	Substance	204-209, 220-233, 247-258
May	4	Causality	259-276	47-54
	6	Possibility, Existence, Necessity	283-288, 292-302
	11	The External World	288-292, 400-418
	13	Phenomena and Noumena	303-322
	18	Rational Psychology	346-387, 424-441	64-73
	20	The Magnitude of the World	442-464, 525-529	73-78
	25	NO CLASS
	27	Freedom vs. Determinism	473-481, 535-553	78-82
June	1	Existence of God	560-616	82-98
	3	Practical Reason	728-755
	10	FINAL EXAMINATION (6:00-8:00 P.M.)

Grades will be based on four papers of 2 to 3 pages (15% each) and a comprehensive final examination (40%). Papers will involve textual analysis on assigned topics. The final will consist of short-answer questions. Examinations must be taken, and papers turned in, at the scheduled times, unless prior authorization is given. Late papers will be penalized at the rate of one portion of a grade (e.g., A- to B+) per two working days late. Both papers and the final must be completed in order for the course to be passed.