An in-class study of two of Kant’s major works, Prolegom­ena to any Future Metaphys­ics and Critique of Judgment, together with an outside reading assignment on his Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals. 

Required texts: Kant, Prolegom­ena to any Future Metaphys­ics, second edition (Hackett ISBN 0-87220-593-2); Kant, Critique of Judgment (Hackett ISBN 13:978-0-87220-025-8); Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (Hackett ISBN 13:978-0-87220-166-8).

Course require­ments: a) A midterm exam on the Prolegomena to any Future Metaphys­ics (30%), b) a 2500 word essay on the Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (30%), and c) a final exam on the Critique of Judgment (40%).

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