The Primacy of the Practical (is Kant an early encroachment theorist?)

Andrew Chignell (Princeton University )

The Digital Kant-Centre NRW is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Andrew Chignell (Princeton University) with the following topic: "The Primacy of the Practical (is Kant an early encroachment theorist?)"

The lecture will take place online (via Webex) on Wednesday, 28 August 2024, from 18:00 – 19:30 CET.

Please see below for the Webex-link and an abstract of the lecture. 

The talk is part of the lecture series Digital Kant-Lectures, organized by Digital Kant-Centre NRW, which takes place on the last Wednesday of each month via Webex. For the program of the series, please see here: https://kant-zentrum-nrw.de/digital-kant-lectures/

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Webex-Link: 

https://uni-siegen.webex.com/uni-siegen/j.php?MTID=mc615d60a6072325d840137758eddad88

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).