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<b><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Calibri;">Philosophy at Western Sydney University <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri;">Research Seminar</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Date and Time:</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Wednesday, 6 July, 2016. 3:30pm — 5:00pm</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(21, 20, 20);">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(21, 20, 20);"> Bankstown Campus, Building 3, Meeting Room 3.G.54</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From <i>Dreams of a Spirit-Seer</i> to <i>The Critique of Pure Reason</i>: Kant’s Changing Relations to Metaphysics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jeremiah Alberg, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In this presentation I will explore some of the implications of the changes Kant made in his use of imagery concerning metaphysics. In articles published last year I used R. Girard’s mimetic theory to explore some of the
conceptual implications of Kant characterizing metaphysics as a “coquette” in <i>Dreams of a Spirit-Seer</i> (1766). In this writing Kant first defined metaphysics as “a science of the <i>limits of human reason</i>.” But <i>Dreams</i> left its readers confused.
What followed was approximately 15 years (broken only by the imposed publication of the <i>Dissertation</i>) of struggle with the questions Kant had uncovered in <i>Dreams</i>. I think one step in understanding the <i>First Critique</i> is to take a careful
look at the change in the images Kant uses when speaking of metaphysics. So I will summarize the results of my earlier research and use it as a basis for reflecting on this change in the front matter of the <i>Critique of Pure Reason</i> (1781/1787), there
Kant refers to metaphysics claim to being the “Queen” of the sciences. In the <i>First Critique</i> Kant wants to explore the validity of this claim. </span></p>
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