• Philosophy and Spirituality
    Welcome Guest
    Posting Rules Bluelight Rules
    Threads of Note Socialize
  • P&S Moderators: JackARoe | Cheshire_Kat

P&S vs Immanuel Kant

P

ProphetofProfit

Greenlighter
Joined
Jan 23, 2011
Messages
31
“Kant was probably the worst writer ever heard of on earth before Karl Marx. Some of his ideas were really quite simple, but he always managed to make them seem unintelligible. I hope he is in Hell." H.L. Mencken

Ebola! suggested preparatory material for our monumental task of reading and understanding whatever is in the Critique of Pure Reason. Seemed a good idea so I asked a philosophy professor what we should do and she responded "the Prolegomena is a good way in, and you might also try Sebastian Gardner's Routledge Guidebook to the CPR.". The CPR and Prolegomena are easily found online. The guidebook can be had for $12 second hand on amazon, £8 inc P&P in the UK.

This is a beta of sorts, and I have no idea how this will work. We read the books at a steady pace and discuss each section as we go along so to gain a clearer understanding of the ideas presented in the books. Ebola! or anyone else, can you advise on how this can be done? Which order to read the books? Originally the idea was CoPR but then Prolegomena was added and now there is the guidebook and confusion reigns.
 
My philosophy teacher recommended we start by atleast reading the intro of Prolegomena and "as much as you can of 1-5, 14-20 and the solution which is at the end". She said that should be enough to get you started on the critique.

On the other hand I think it's gonna be impossible to organize a study group on here. We'd have to establish a discussion leader which won't happen. We're all gonna have different backgrounds in philosophy and some will understand the material on a novice level, others intermediate and advanced. We are all in different time zones. And we lack the resources. Some people will require we discuss each individual page together and others would rather we only discuss chapters. Sorry bro but I doubt it could work
 
Last edited:
Might as well just read CPR. If you can't understand it, I don't mean to be rude, but you should probably dabble in something else.
 
CPR sounds like a really stretched out and more in depth version of: "If a tree falls and there is nothing around to hear it; does it make a sound?"
 
Sorry I'm late to the party; I've been busy. I think that beginning with the suggested sections in the Prolegomena will be a good point of entrance. I've never done a remote discussion group, so I'm not sure how we should manage discussion that is not in real time. We could just establish threads corresponding to each chunk of reading that we do, where people can ask questions and give nascent answers. I think it's important that we establish some sort of system of mutual obligation, which can hold the effects of diffuse responsibility at bay.
 
ebola? said:
Sorry I'm late to the party; I've been busy. I think that beginning with the suggested sections in the Prolegomena will be a good point of entrance. I've never done a remote discussion group, so I'm not sure how we should manage discussion that is not in real time. We could just establish threads corresponding to each chunk of reading that we do, where people can ask questions and give nascent answers. I think it's important that we establish some sort of system of mutual obligation, which can hold the effects of diffuse responsibility at bay.
Click to expand...

We're pioneers striking out into unknown and dangerous territory and will need to adapt as necessary. Something tells me this will be very difficult considering the nature of internet public discussion, even the best of them.

Weekly updates makes sense but I'd prefer a wise dictatorship form of governance of this and rather my opinion count for nothing.
 
Semantics, understanding as meant in the context of the object of my response. Taken as I understand your response, I would say that there are certainly different levels of understanding, that of the author being most relevant. Studying can mean skimming to re-reading every page ten times. Semantics again.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top