&ldquo\;Our cognitive power as a whole has two domains\, that of the concepts of \;nature and that of the concept of freedom&rdquo\; (CJ: AK174)
The third annual post-graduate philosophy conference at the University of \;the West of England takes as its topic Kant and the Domains of Judgement. \;Kant&rsquo\;s Critique of Judgment is from the outset premised on a division of \;freedom and nature between which &ldquo\;an immense gulf is fixed&rdquo\;. The work of the \;third critique is an attempt to bridge this gulf and his perceived failure \;to do so was foundational for subsequent German Idealism. Kant&rsquo\;s legislation \;on the domains of judgement remains pertinent to contemporary debate. It \;encompasses questions of freedom\, reason\, and nature and the question of the \;priority and relation of these in respect to each \;other. As such it \;represents an acute point of entry to contemporary problems. These questions \;are not only relevant to the Critique of Judgment but also are prevalent \;throughout the Kantian corpus.
We invite abstracts of up to 500 words for 20 minute presentations on the \;historical importance and contemporary relevance of Kant&rsquo\;s work.
Suggested topics might include (but are not limited to):
Freedom and nature
The empirical and the a priori
The response of the German Idealists to Kant&rsquo\;s legislative division
Science and philosophy
Kant&rsquo\;s work in natural science
Kantian aesthetics and the sublime
The problem of freewill
Abstracts due by February 1st 2013. E-mail to \;philograd.uwe@gmail.com
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