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alt.philosophy.kant FAQ
1) Anything new this week or should i go on to the next post?
Housekeeping
Table of Content
1) Anything new this week or should i go on to the next post?
Table of Content
2) What is alt.philosophy.kant
3) What is the purpose of this FAQ
3.1) What then is a community?
4) Any other hints?
5) What are the book Titles?
6) Some strange terms you may see and not understand...
6.1) Some terms used on alt.philosophy.kant
7) Why?
8) Am I the only one who...
9) Does anyone else ...
10) What is the best way to get started with Kant?
11) Kant is too hard to start with, how do i really start with
Philosophy?
12) A good biography?
13) Copyrights
14) Errors
2) What is alt.philosophy.kant?
alt.philosophy.kant is an unmoderated newsgroup devoted to the
works of Immanual Kant (1724-1804). From his life to his philosophy. It is
a place for discussion, not a place to post pictures, spam, or off topic.
General philosophy questions should be directed to other NG designed for
them.
3) What is the purpose of this FAQ
The FAQ is the commonly accepted view of the community. It is for
the community, from the community to serve the community of this NG. It
will contains the commonly held views on how to post by the members as
well as questions that have often been asked.
3.1) What then is a community?
A community is where members have the ability to post with matter
of self assurance and self respect. I can respect your opinion without
compromising my own. Also we do not need to labour the point until one of
us is so frustrated that we throw up our hands and try to attack the other
in that frustration. Finally, the maturity to not identify with what we
post as ourselves. We are not the sum total of debates on usenet. The lack
of ego or egotism, allows for disagreements to be handled rationally and
logically. It also allows us to give the other person's views a measure of
respect. As in often times, we will say, you have a point or you are
correct.
4) Any other hints?
-Stay on topic... try to stay on topic...
-Do not feed the Trolls
-Do not flame other people... (Wishing and hoping...)
-Try to be polite and respect one another
-Trim out the parts of a post you are responding to that are not
immediately relevant to your response. For instance, never, ever, quote
all 471 lines of a posting to add a two line response. This would be good
advice for the not-so-newbies as well. Some of the ones who seem to do
this most often are long-time regulars who should know better.
-People sometimes forget to include the names of people they are
quoting when they post. Please type the name of the person over the
quote, or use whatever quoting/attribution device your software allows.
It makes it much easier for the rest of us to follow the threads.
-Do not post test messages here. They belong in alt.test
-When quoting Kant, use the number system from the original work
so that we may find it easier, no matter what edition another person may
have.
how do I quote correctly in usenet?
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html
the advantages of usenet's quoting conventions
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/g.mccaughan/g/remarks/uquote.html
why bottom-posting is better than top-posting
http://fmf.fwn.rug.nl/~anton/topposting.html
"rules" for posting to usenet:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/
Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html
zen and the art of the internet (usenet section)
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_6.html
What do you mean "my reply is upside-down"?
http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/
Posting help for newbies
http://www.windfalls.net/ukrm/postinghelp.html
5) What are the book titles.
Anthropology From a Pragmatic Point of View (ANTHRO)
Conflict of the Faculties (CF)
Critique of Pure Reason (CPR)
Critique of Practical Reason (CPR2)
Critique of Judgement (CRJ)
Metaphysical Elements of Justice (MEOJ)
AKA Science of Right (SR)
Metaphysics of Morals (MM)
Perpetual Peace and Other Essays (PP)
Prolegomena. (PRO)
Universal History (UH)
Date Title
1755 Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens.
1755 A New Exposition of the First Principles of Metaphysical
Knowledge.
1756 History and Natural Description of the Earthquake of 1755.
1756 Consideration of Recently Perceived Earth-tremors.
1764 Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime.
1766 Dreams of a Spiritseer Explained through the Dreams of
Metaphysics.
1770 Inaugural Dissertation on the Form and Principles of the
Sensible and Intelligible World.
1775 On the Various Races of Mankind.
1781 Critique of Pure Reason.
1783 Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics Which Shall Lay Claim
to Being a Science
1784 Idea of a Universal History based on the Principle of
World-Citizenship.
1784 Response to the Question: What is Enlightenment?
1785 On the Illegality of Book-pirating.
1785 Definition of the Concept of a Human Race.
1785 Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals.
1786 Conjectures on the Beginnings of the History of the Human
Race.
1786 Learning How to Think.
1786 Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science.
1787 Critique of Pure Reason (Second Edition).
1788 Critique of Practical Reason.
1790 Critique of Judgment.
1790 Concerning a Discovery by which any Fresh Critique of Pure
Reason May be Rendered Superfluous by the Use of an Older One.
1792 On the Radical Evil in Human Nature in Religion.
1792 On the Proverbial Saying: "All is Very Well in Theory, but No
Good in Practice."
1793 Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone.
1794 The End of All Things.
1795 Perpetual Peace.
1797 Metaphysical Principles of Jurisprudence.
1797 Metaphysical Principles of Moral Philosophy.
1797 On a Supposed Philanthropic Justification for Lying.
1798 The Conflict of the Faculties,
1798 Anthropology from the Pragmatic Viewpoint.
And others to be added as we go on.
6) Some strange terms you may see and not understand...
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
AIUI: As I Understand It
BTDT: Been There. Done That
BTW: By The Way
ESAD: Eat Sh*t And Die (also posted as FOAD)
FOAD: F*ck Off And Die
FWIW: For What It's Worth
FYI: For Your Information
HAND: Have A Nice Day
HTH: Hope This Helps
IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer (but)...
IIRC: If I Recall (Remember) Correctly
IMHO: In My Humble/Honest Opinion
IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO: In My Opinion
IOW: In Other Words
ISTM: It Seems To Me.
JIC: Just In Case
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
OTOH: On The Other Hand
ROF: Rolling On Floor
ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFL<MAO>: Rolling On The Floor Laughing <My Ass Off>
RTFM: Read The F*cking Manual! or : Read The FAQ Man!
TIA: Thanks In Advance
TMI: Too Much Information
TTBOMK: To The Best Of My Knowledge
WADR: With All Due Respect...
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary
6.1) Some terms used on APK
APK: alt.philosophy.kant
CRJ: Critique of Judgement
CPR: Critique of Pure Reason
7) Why?
Because.
8) Am I the only one who...
No. Other people do or think the same thing.
9) Does anyone else ...
No. That is sick, really, really sick. Not only does no one else,
but people who even talk about it get locked away for their own
protection. But thanks for asking...
10) What is the best way to get started with Kant?
That would depend on how serious you want to take this. The best
way would be to sit and read, then re-read and rereread the CPR until you
get it. But that is a lot of work.
11) Kant is too hard to start with, how do i really start with
Philosophy?
OK so let's start from the basics, and you try to set your own
level that you feel you can handle. No sense to toss you into the deep end
only to see you drown.
For say a very beginner level you can start with philosophy in
general with:
TZ Lavine "From Socrates to Sartre." New York: Bantam, 1984.
We then send you on to a more serious work with:
William Sahakian, "History of Philosophy" New York: Barnes and
Noble, 1968.
Finally the top of the line:
Frederick Copleston, "A history of Philosophy." New York:
Doubleday, 1962. (Look for the Volume with Kant in It, there are two sizes
and the Vol number changes.)
12) A good biography?
Ernst Cassier "Kant's Life and Thought" London: Yale University
Press, 1981.
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14) Are there any errors in this FAQ that should need
changing or updating? Please email me or post it to the NG.
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It appears the Robert has decided to stop posting the group FAQ. There
hasn't been one since April 18.
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