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Today was my first day taking classes, which provided a nice diversion from thoughts of teaching. Kant <\/span>was first, at 8am. We\u2019ll read the Critique of Pure Reason<\/span> for most of the semester, using the new Cambridge edition of the translation which claims to have not \u201csacrificed literalness in favor of readability.\u201d Thanks. Kant is incredibly difficult to read in the first place, we rather appreciate those translations that do sacrifice a bit in the name of readability\u2026<\/p>\n

Next was Epistemology <\/span>\u2013 the study of knowledge. It sounds terrible, but hopefully we\u2019ll get a good grasp on the central concepts (and not bogged down in superfluous debates or needless nit-picking). I have the opportunity to introduce a text on Indian\/Buddhist Epistemology toward the end of the semester, but I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019ll suggest. <\/p>\n

Then meetings, 3 in all, dinner, and now\u2026 sleep. All rather mundane, but such is life sometimes. Tomorrow I teach again and step into Philosophy of Ecology<\/span><\/span>. More good stuff \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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