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Course Description

You Kant Go Hume Again: Philosophys Kant-Hume Debate | Immanuel Kant wrote Critique of Pure Reason because, he said, David Humes Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding interrupted my dogmatic slumber, referring to Humes unquestioning acceptance of rationalism. Examine this still-relevant conflict between skeptics and idealists. $23 includes $22 fee. Note: Required textbooks: David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding; Immanuel Kant, Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics [excerpts] and Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Requires membership in Peer Learning Partnership (PLP). Biannual membership is $30.

Learner Outcomes

Discuss Kants Copernican Revolution in modern philosophy by describing the conflict of ideas between the Empiricist Hume and the Idealist Kant; Explain what The Categorical Imperative says, in the context of Duty vs. Inclination; Examine the conflict between Metaphysics and Pure Reason; Distinguish between a priori vs. a posteriori knowledge; Analytic vs. synthetic judgments, as set forth in selections from Hume and Kant.
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