The purpose of this course is to grapple with several central issues and problems in contemporary philosophy of mind and knowledge by using some Kantian ideas as starting points. The course material is based on the current MS of my book, Cognition, Content, and the A Priori (CCAP), which is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.

The course will run from the morning of Wed 24 September to the morning of Fri 26 September and have four parts (= two 2 hour sessions on Wed, one 2 hour session on Thursday morning, and one 2 hour session on Friday morning), and the general format will be that on each topic I will present the basic line of argument under that topic, and then we'll proceed to comments and questions from participants in the course and a general critical discussion.

On the afternoon of Thurs 25 Sept, I will also do a free-standing research seminar presentation to which all interested people are invited.

Program:

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

10:00-12:00
1. Intentionality & Knowledge Revisited.
Readings: CCAP, section 1.0, & the rest of the chapter optional.

14:00-16:00
2. A Kantian Theory of Non-Conceptual Content.
Readings: CCAP, section 2.0, & the rest of the chapter optional.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

10:00-12:00
3. Radically Naive Realism in the Philosophy of Perception.
Readings: CCAP, section 3.0, & the rest of the chapter optional.

14:00-16:00
Research Seminar Presentation: "Kant, The Benacerraf Dilemmas, and the Problem of A Priori Knowledge"

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

10:00-12:00
4. The Return of the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction and the Morality of Logic.
Readings: CCAP, sections 4.0 and 5.0, & the rest of the chapters optional.

Sähköpostitse Tommi Vehkavaaralle (tommi.vehkavaara@uta.fi)

Manuscript of the forthcoming book, Cognition, Content, and the A Priori (CCAP), Oxford University Press.