The Logos Podcast The Kantian Turn: Metaphysics from Kant to the 20th Century (Half Lecture)
Jul 18, 2023
Dive into the significant impact Immanuel Kant had on metaphysics, sparking a divide between phenomenology and empiricism. Explore Kant's critique of pure reason, aiming to safeguard human freedom and moral belief. Learn about the fascinating interplay between phenomena and noumena, and how Kant's insights preserve free will against determinism. Discover Kant’s legacy influencing 19th-century empiricism and the intricate distinctions between phenomenology and phenomenalism, along with his critique of traditional theological proofs.
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Kant's Copernican Turn
- Immanuel Kant launched a Copernican turn: our mind's a priori categories shape experience rather than merely mirror external reality.
- This makes space and time subjective forms and separates phenomena (appearances) from noumena (things-in-themselves).
The Kantian Split: Continental vs Analytic
- Kant's turn split later philosophy into two tracks: continental phenomenology (study consciousness) and analytic empiricism (science-focused).
- Each tradition adopts different responses to Kant's claim that we only know phenomena, not noumena.
Descartes' Foundational Doubt
- David Patrick Herry recounts Descartes' method of doubt that sought clear innate ideas as foundations for knowledge.
- This historical setup contrasts with Locke's tabula rasa and sets the stage for Kant's synthesis.
