This is a seminar paper from the spring of 2005. In this I will examine Kant's conception of the thing in itself and the problem of noumenal causation associated with it. I will consider two very distinct proposed solutions for the problem, the other by Henry Allison, the other by Kenneth R. Westphal. Henry Allison treads the more common paths by interpreting Kant's transcendental idealism in an epistemological way and so avoiding the problem altogether. Westphal on the other hand takes a more radical approach and tries to solve the problem itself - and according to him, he manages to do exactly that with rather disastrous consequences for Kant: it turns out, or so Westphal says, that this completely undermines Kant's own theory of transcendental idealism.

My Bachelor-essay from the fall of 2004. This is basically the synthesis of the proseminar-essays providing a thorough and profound analysis of Kant's synthetic a priori and the way he attempts to justify its existence via the transcendental deduction. It contains basically the same stuff as the proseminar-essays, but in a more condensed and advanced way. If you are familiar with Kantian philosophy, then this is all you need. It provides a thorough and detailed analysis of Kant's conception of analyticity and syntheticity, the relevance of synthetic a priori to his philosophy and a detailed step-to-step walkthrough of the transcendental deduction.

My first proseminar-essay from the spring of 2004. The title might be a bit misleading, as it is more like a profound survey on Kant's Transcendental Deduction. The issue about scepticism is given little attention due to the restrictions on length. All questions are more than welcome! I might even be able to explain these things in an understandable fashion, even though both me in this essay and Kant in his Critique hardly managed to succeed in attaining such a goal.

My second proseminar-essay from the summer of 2004. I will here examine how Kant himself actually performs this famous and often misunderstood division. I will pay particular attention to synthetic a priori judgments and attempt to show that the existence of said judgments is dependent on the success of the Transcendental Deduction. This combined with the previous proseminar therefore forms a kind of continuum. In addition I will examine Kant's conception of mathematics as synthetic a priori.

This summer I will read Heidegger's Being and Time. I will write my sentiments along the way in my internet-diary for all the world to view. I will assume the identity of Dasein-Toni for the duration of my mission. Join me in my epic adventure through the mysteries of Heidegger's fabled tome. The hazards are many, and the perils are real. Will my Kant aid me in my direst need? Will my sanity hold, or will I too become one of those incomprehensible babblers of arcane Heideggerian terminology? Read the text and offer me your deepest sympathies here.

This is a collection of my ideas and short writings from various sources, mainly from Philosophy Forums.

On Heidegger and Truth

Knowledge And the Justification Criterium

On the Relation Between Science And Metaphysics

On Pragmatist-Coherentist Truth Theory

Kant And the Transcendental Unity of Apperception