Talk Title: On the Primacy of the Practical (and is Kant an early encroacher?)
Abstract: In this talk I consider the Kantian idea that theoretical commitments regarding what exists can at times be wholly based in practical considerations regarding what ought to be the case. I argue that at least one variety of a broadly Kantian “moral argument” has some real attractions. Along the way I compare the Kantian picture to some “encroachment” theories in contemporary philosophy (i.e. theories according to which practical stakes affect whether or not we have knowledge of certain theoretical propositions).
Emily Berry
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