Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Robert Paul Wolff Lecture 8

[@paulataua1338]

I hope he continues. This is a refreshing look at Kant.

[@apostalote]

Paul Ataua I would certainly not call it 'refreshing'. A very traditional look except for the fact he takes Time-consciousness seriously

[@taipei2525]

I kant make sense of what he is saying

[@Zing_art]

Immense gratitude for putting this up. I am kind of sad how I will be on the last lecture of the series in a while. It’s been such an enriching experience

[@aquinasjohn7157]

I were very impressed by R.P.Wolff's interpretation of the Critique that puts emphasis on the A-version of the transcendental dedution in his excellent book, Kant's Theory of Mental Activity.

[@boardpassenger1483]

I think what Kant is saying is that our noumenal existence transcends time; and it's just that our noumenal selves perceive the world in such a way that our appearances are placed in a particular period of time. In Kant's theory, the question is simply vacuous whether time "really" flows; it's just the form of perception. In other words, there's nothing peculiar in the fact that in our perception, our phenomenal existence forms only a small part of the phenomenal existence of the universe.

[@atheoss]

amazing!

[@africanfromafrica]

hello, thank you for posting these. Is there a reading outline that corresponds with the lectures? I am trying to read along with the lecture but am not sure what sections are being discussed after lecture 5. Please and thank you in advance.

[@apostalote]

I don't understand the binding on your book

[@daniellanglois8807]

The most recent estimates place the age of the Universe at about 13.7 billion years. The question or a similar one (age of the 'whole world') comes up in the lecture. I can't resist (quibbling) because it's interesting. The Milky Way Galaxy as an immense and very interesting place is..um, interesting, actually. A disk, a beautiful, warped spiral, about 120,000 light years across. Has between 100-400 billion stars, and producing about seven per year. It became its current size and shape by eating up other galaxies. The center of our galaxy is believed to be a black hole -- this behemoth astronomical phenomenon..

[@ilkeryoldas]

How many left?

[@alexcampbell7886]

One more after this one, unless Professor Wolff decides to continue the lecture series in the spring.

[@PraetorClaudius]

Immanuel means God with Us.

[@chriscockrell9495]

Good stuff. Kant's take on a color and uncolored picture being equally beautiful. Well, beauty is within the eye of the behold. Kant might disagree if you showed him Christmas lights. Humes take children is interesting too, but I'll have to read it to really understand more. How his perspective is different. Maybe the rattle example is teaching a child to understand (and perceive) objects and that brings it joy. I doubt it is entirely about the understanding of object and how they can exist here and exist there. Can it be any person that gets that reaction? No. Can any person recreate the same result? No. Often, it is a specific person that has the impact on the child. I'd say that is existing here and then there, which seems a contradiction of judgements, is part of it. It is way better than that. It is the child, finding joy in social interaction with another psyche. Two people interacting that brings joys to the child. I don't think it is an understanding of objects. You talked about how judgements (validity statements/truth) are guiding laws of nature. Seems somewhat reasonable to assume that people, unlike the in animate, are capabable of creating/altering perceived judgements of others. A power of narration. Like the stick in water. As with a parent and the rattle, the child is capable of perceiving that attribute of consciousness, the ability to present narrative and a distortion of judgements. It is more likely amusement that the parent can distort judgements in reality, and that is fun. You don't see infant or toddlers thinking, them crawling around, or sticking stuff in their mouths, is funny. It is when they get to interact with others in social ways, that you get these responses. Two free agents. Great video. I generally dislike philosophers, but I can make on exception for you.

[@ElectricQualia]

So where is the argument? Im over half way through and im still in the dark!

[@MegaLotusEater]

He's good at telling anecdotes. Would have been good to have some analysis on Kant

[@brucekern7083]

"The great illusion of mankind is the there is more than one of us here." ~~Albert Einstein

[@adilrasheed]

who is watching this in 2020

[@almilligan7317]

Who are you talking to? Yourself? Take yourself out of the equation. Rather address the idea that humans are limited in their knowledge to experience. If there is a moral law or TAO, then we as humans are responding to it whether we know it or not. Kant is describing what, if there is a moral law, it would look like. Nor do you have to speak a certain language to understand that if we are to have experiences, or a language, or anything as it relates to experience, the concepts of time and space make it possible. This is what is to be proved. I am not a philosopher but whatever the structures of reality exist, I am morally compelled to accept it, with or without a God. With that, the idea of Justice compells me to believe in God, if there is a thing called justice there must be a Force Majeure. (Not that there is.) That is faith.

[@vincentvanwyk5522]

I wouldn't go so far as to call this series enlightening about kant but his lengthy digressions with nothing to do with the topic are half interesting at least