After the lecture and seminar relating to the theme I feel that I have obtained more insight into what the texts really were about. Not being used to reading philosophical texts made this assignment a challenge, but by partaking in the seminar some topics were clarified.
Johan did well in explaining the concepts of analytic vs. synthetic judgements, primary vs. secondary qualities and Kant's categories (quantity, quality, relation and modality). I think it was interesting to learn about Plato's critical idealism and the intertwined expression "Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind?". Particularly interesting was the statement during the lecture that Plato's rationalism was, in a way, foreseeing the copernican revolution. Instead of connecting everything to a higher purpose, a will of god, we can instead adhere ourselves to empiricism. Eventually this thinking lead to the Aristotelian/telliological world view being replaced by a mechanical worldview. It's fascinating how both Kant and Plato were before their time, considering the impact their philosophy and critique has had on the philosophical field even today. Johan helped clarifying the importance of these contributions to the field and provided a new viewpoint to the idea and notion of knowledge. We have to have a concept of knowledge in order to research and understand what knowledge really is.
Regarding the layout and structure of the seminar, I think it would have been better if more people joined in on the discussion. For example, by involving people through smaller group discussions, perhaps including the personal blog posts, the seminar activity would have increased in a positive way.
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