When:
Friday, October 7, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Central
Where: University Hall, 101, 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Emily Berry
(847) 491-3656
Group: Philosophy Colloquium Series
Category: Academic
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).