2 Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - Cartesian & Kantian Skepticism

In this second lecture (note, it's actually the third because the second wasn't recorded), James Conant continues to give examples of Cartesian skepticism in various other areas of philosophy and discusses some of the differences with Kantian skepticism. Note, because Kantian skepticism was introduced and discussed in the previous session, and there's no recording, it might be a bit difficult at first to understand what Kantian skepticism precisely is. However, this will definitely become clear as the lectures go on.
In this series of lectures on varieties of philosophical skepticism, James Conant distinguishes between two forms of philosophical skepticism: Cartesian skepticism and Kantian skepticism. He discusses their general structure and shows how they're related. This sheds light on issues in various different areas, including within the philosophy of perception, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. Some of the philosophers discussed throughout this course include Wittgenstein, Sellars, Hilary Putnam, Kripke, C.I. Lewis, John McDowell, and Stanley Cavell.
This series of lectures was given in 2005 at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway. Note, the audio has been slightly edited and improved.
"There are never any sure signs by means of which being awake can be distinguished from being asleep." Descartes
"The a priori conditions of a possible experience in general are at the same time conditions of the possibility of objects of experience. Now I maintain that the categories ... are nothing but the conditions of thought in a possible experience ... And without such unity no thoroughgoing, universal, and therefore necessary, unity of consciousness would be met with in the manifold of perceptions. These perceptions would not then belong to any experience, consequently would be without an object, merely a blind play of representations, less even than a dream." Immanuel Kant
00:00 Introduction
01:31 Where one is possible, so is the other
03:29 Philosophy of Law
05:27 Skepticism for any Area of Philosophy
07:37 Testimony
13:21 Personal Identity
17:01 The Past
19:51 Reference
24:00 Move to Kantian Problematic
33:55 Why these Two Labels?
45:45 Is Kantian Skepticism a Kind of Skepticism?
51:33 Features of Both
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00:00 Introduction 01:31 Where one is possible, so is the other 03:29 Philosophy of Law 05:27 Skepticism for any Area of Philosophy? 07:37 Testimony 13:21 Personal Identity 17:01 The Reality of the Past 19:51 Reference 24:00 Move to Kantian Problematic 33:55 Why these Two Labels? 45:45 Is Kantian Skepticism really a Kind of Skepticism? 51:33 Features of Both...

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