The Historicized A Priori and Its Consequences

2024

Jan-Willem Romeijn, Pavel Reichl

University of Groningen

Kant claims that our knowledge rests on a priori conditions, and that a philosophical analysis of these conditions provides a solid foundation for science. In this course, we will unpack this idea and see its reception in the 19th and 20th century from three different vantage points: The history of philosophy, the philosophy of science and critical social theory. We will attempt to bring these distinct fields of philosophy into a critical dialogue.