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University of Washington, Tacoma TPHIL 250 – Practical Reasoning (Winter 2020)

Time/Local: M/W/F/ – 11:00am-12:200pm – TPS 201

Professor: Dr. Amos Nascimento

Email: [email protected]

Date: January 10, 2020

Outline01

1. Introduction

a) Presentation of instructor

- Amos Nascimento

c) Introduction of students

2. What is “Practical Reasoning”?

a) Reason

b) Practical Reason

c) Practical Reasoning

3. Why Study Practical Reason?

a) The role of “philosophy”: ask questions

b) Focus on the Critical Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

- Critique of Pure Reason

- Critique of Practical Reason

- Critique of Judgment

4. Key Texts

a) Critique of Practical Reason, by Immanuel Kant

b) Kant on the Rationality of Morality, by Paul Guyer

c) Complementary texts

5. Syllabus

a) Goals and Course Structure

c) Requirements and Schedule

7. Conclusion

a) Practical Information

- Canvas

- E-mails

b) Assignments

- Send an e-mail to professor confirming that you read and understood the syllabus

- Send a formal letter to professor, introducing yourself