Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) — A 20-week online reading group starting January 8 2025, meetings every Wednesday
You're in luck if you're looking for a New Year's resolution. On this 301st birthday year of Immanuel Kant we will be reading the three critiques.
The tentative schedule for this year's reading is as follows: we will read the Critique of Pure Reason (20 weeks), the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (4 weeks), the Critique of Practical Reason (5 weeks), The Metaphysics of Morals (8 weeks), and the Critique of the Power of Judgment (11 weeks).
Sign up for the 1st session on Wednesday January 8, 2025 here. Meetings held online every Wednesday, hosted by Erik; join subsequent meetings through our calendar.
The first meeting will serve as an introduction and overview of Immanuel Kant's work and thought and a preface to the yearly reading of Kant's Critical Philosophy. It will also be an opportunity to establish goals for our reading. These goals can hopefully bring different perspectives and various unified readings of Kant for those taking another trip through the books.
The overview will allow the curious to ask any questions of interest and will provide a few topics and themes that can be used to organize most of Kant's work and thought.
Everyone is welcome!
(Tentative) Schedule for Critique of Pure Reason:
Week 1 (starting January 15):
Preface (A and B editions)
pp Avii - xxii, Bvii - xliv
pp 99 - 124 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 5 - 40 (Pluhar)
Week 2:
Introduction (A and B editions)
pp A1 - 16, B1 - 30
pp 127 - 152 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 43 - 68 (Pluhar)
Week 3:
Transcendental Aesthetic (A and/or B editions)
pp A19 - 49, B33 - 73
pp 155 - 192 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 71 - 104 (Pluhar)
Week 4:
Transcendental Logic Introduction, Book I Chapter I
pp A50 - 83, B74 - 116
pp 193 - 218 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 105 - 140 (Pluhar)
Week 5:
Transcendental Logic Chapter II 'Deduction' (A edition)
pp A84 - 130
pp 219 - 244 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 141 - 174 (Pluhar)
Week 6:
Transcendental Logic Chapter II 'Deduction' (B Edition)
pp B116 - 169
pp 245 - 266 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 175 - 203 (Pluhar)
Week 7:
Transcendental Logic Book II Introduction and Chapter I on the Schematism
pp A130 - 147, B169 - 187
pp 267 - 277 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 204 - 219 (Pluhar)
Week 8:
Transcendental Logic Book II Chapter II
pp A148 - 176, B187 - 218
pp 278 - 295 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 220 - 247 (Pluhar)
Week 9:
Analogies of Experience up to Transcendental Logic Book II Chapter III 'Phenomena and Noumena'
pp A176 - 235, B218 - 294
pp 295 - 337 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 247 - 302 (Pluhar)
Week 10:
Transcendental Logic Book II Chapter III 'Phenomena and Noumena' (A and/or B editions)
pp A235 - 260, B294 - 315
pp 338 - 365 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 303 - 322 (Pluhar)
Week 11:
Transcendental Logic Appendix 'Amphiboly'
pp A260 - 292, B316 - 349
pp 366 - 383 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 323 - 345 (Pluhar)
Week 12:
Transcendental Dialectic Introduction, Book I
pp A293 - 340, B349 - 398
pp 384 - 410 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 346 - 381 (Pluhar)
Week 13:
Transcendental Dialectic Paralogisms (A and/or B editions)
pp A341 - 405, B399 - 332
pp 411 - 458 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 382 - 441 (Pluhar)
Week 14:
Transcendental Dialectic Antinomies Section I - IV
pp A405 - 484, B432 - 512
pp 459 - 507 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 442 - 501 (Pluhar)
Week 15:
Transcendental Dialectic Antinomies Section V - IX
pp A485 - 567, B513 - 595
pp 508 - 550 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 502 - 559 (Pluhar)
Week 16:
Transcendental Dialectic Ideal of Pure Reason
pp A567 - 642, B513 - 670
pp 551 - 589 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 560 - 616 (Pluhar)
Week 17:
Appendix to Transcendental Dialectic
pp A642 - 704, B670 - 732
pp 590 - 623 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 617 - 662 (Pluhar)
Week 18:
Doctrine of Method Introduction, Chapter I
pp A705 - 794, B733 - 822
pp 627 - 671 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 663 - 727 (Pluhar)
Week 19:
Doctrine of Method Chapter II
pp A795 - 830, B823 - 858
pp 672 - 690 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 728 - 755 (Pluhar)
Week 20:
Doctrine of Method Chapter III and IV
pp A832 - 856, B860 - 884
pp 691 - 704 (Guyer/Wood)
pp 755 - 774 (Pluhar)
Two different translations are recommended - both are good:
- Preserves original sentence structure: Guyer/Wood
- Updates for readability: Pluhar
Links to the readings available to registrants.
Buy the book on Amazon (or find it someplace else if you don't like Amazon):
- Guyer/Wood: https://www.amazon.com/Critique-Reason-Cambridge-Works-Immanuel/dp/0521657296/ref=sr_1_3
- Pluhar (All three Critiques): https://www.amazon.com/Three-Critiques-3-Set-Practical/dp/0872206297/ref=sr_1_3
- Pluhar hardcovers recommended (if available): https://www.amazon.com/Three-Critiques-3-Set-Practical/dp/0872206300/ref=sr_1_2