Dear all, Our first meeting of the Kant Reading Group will take place this coming Monday, at 11am in the Grad Common Room of the Philosophy Department. We will be discussing the essay, ‘Answer to the question: What is Enlightenment?’. This is included in the Practical Philosophy volume of the Cambridge edition of Kant’s works. There is a different translation available in HTML here. If you’d rather read the German text, that’s available here (and various other places). Feel free to use other versions, and let me know if you’re having trouble getting hold of the text. I will be introducing this week’s reading, and will be looking for volunteers to introduce the reading in future weeks. The rest of the term’s schedule can be found on the reading group’s webpage. The reading group doesn’t presuppose any knowledge of Kant, and in the past we’ve welcomed people from a range of different departments. Also, it isn’t mandatory to attend all sessions: feel free to come along intermittently if that suits you.
Please email me on if you would like to join the reading group and be added to the mailing list. Best wishes, James Hutton PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Pembroke College Kant Reading Group (Weeks 1-3) Monday 11-12:30; (Weeks 4-8) Monday 2:30-4 In Michaelmas 2015 the Kant Reading Group will focus on some of Kant’s shorter writings: ‘An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?’ and ‘What does it mean to orient oneself in thinking?’ We will discuss issues arising from these texts, such as Kant’s position within the ‘Age of Enlightenment’, the role of critical thinking in his conception of reason, and possible political dimensions of these aspects of his thought. Interested undergraduates, graduates, researchers and faculty members are all welcome! Please contact the organisers for more information or if you would like to be added to the mailing list: James Hutton (jsh74) Angela Breitenbach (ab335) Programme Week 1 – 12th October 11am ‘An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?’ Week 2 – 19th October 11am (secondary reading) Onora O’Neill, ‘The Public Use of Reason’ Week 3 – 26th October 11am ‘What does it mean to orient oneself in thinking?’ (first half) Week 4 – 2nd November 2:30pm ‘What does it mean to orient oneself in thinking?’ (second half) Week 5 – 9th November 2:30pm (secondary reading) Onora O’Neill, ‘Reason and Politics in the Kantian Enterprise' Week 6 – 16th November 2:30pm Visiting speaker – Michael Friedman (Stanford) TBC Week 7 – 23rd November 2:30pm TBC Week 8 – 30th November 2:30pm TBC _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
