Readings

Thursday, September 27
: (no reading, first class).

Preface, Introduction, Tr. Aesthetic, and Intro to Tr. Logic
 
Tuesday, October 2
: no class due to Simchat Torah.
Thursday, October 4
: Preface, through “philosophy into philodoxy” (Bvii–xxxvii).
Monday, October 8
: Introduction (B1–30). (2:40–4:15pm in Soc. Sci. 1 153)
Tuesday, October 9
: beginning of Transcendental Aesthetic, through end of §7 (B33–58).
Thursday, October 11
: end of Transcendental Aesthetic, and Introduction to Transcendental Logic (B59–88).

Transcendental Analytic
 
Tuesday, October 16
: Introduction to Transcendental Analytic, and Metaphysical Deduction (B89–116).
Thursday, October 18
: beginning of Transcendental Deduction, through the end of §20 (B116–143).
Tuesday, October 23
: no class due to strike.
Wednesday, October 24
: First take home midterm due.
Thursday, October 25
: no class due to strike.
Tuesday, October 30
: Schematism (and various introductory material) (B169–202).
Thursday, November 1
: Introduction to the Analogies, Second Analogy, Postulates of Empirical Thought, and Refutation of Idealism (B218–24, B232–47, B265–79).
Tuesday, November 6
: Phenomena and Noumena (B295–315).
Thursday, November 8
: Amphiboly (B316–49).

Transcendental Dialectic
 
Tuesday, November 13
: Introduction to the Dialectic, and beginning of the Concepts of Pure Reason (B349–77).
Thursday, November 15
: end of the Concepts of Pure Reason, and beginning of the Inferences of Pure Reason (B377–406).
Monday, November 19
: Second take home exam due.
Tuesday, November 20
: Paralogisms (B406–32).
Thursday, November 22
: No class (Thanksgiving)
Tuesday, November 27
: Introduction to Antinomies, and Third Antinomy (B432–453, B472–79).
Thursday, November 29
: Concluding Note on the Solution of the Mathematical-Transcendental Ideas, and Solution to the Third Antinomy (B556–86).
Tuesday, December 4
: Ideal (B595–619).
Thursday, December 6
: Impossibility of the Cosmological and Ontological Proofs (B620–42).
Wednesday, December 12
: Take home final (or final paper[1]There is no formal assignment for the final paper; if you would like to pursue this option and need guidelines or suggestions, please contact the instructor.) due.