PHIL 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Copernican Revolution, A Priori And A Posteriori
30 May 2016
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Good < > pleasure (kinds of pleasures, we rank based on export opinion) Analogy: in playing catch, there is a complex physics. Good will/ duty - kant is trying to give us the complex ethics behind it. John campbell says philosophy is thinking in slow motion. It breaks down, describes and assesses moves we ordinarily make at great speed to do with our natural motivations and beliefs. It then becomes evident that alternatives are possible. Kant: shows us what our basic commitments require of us. Born to working class parents, worked as a tutor then as a novelist professor(20 hours) Fastidious personality: took walk at some time every day set watch by it. Did not start writing his famous work until his 50s. Saw his work as a copernican revolution. Hume: put skepticism back on the map: (he says) there is no logical relation(equation) between cause and effect.
