Kant's doctrine on Mathematics as a Pure Concept
Name of Presenters: Joshua Weitzman
Date and Length of Presentation 26 November 1997 for 45 minutes
Basic Goal of Presentation Kant says math is intuitive apriori; Josh says Logic Comes First
Brief Outline of Presentation (as actually delivered):
Comments:
From what I could understand, I'm inclined to agree with Josh. I give no credence to apriori and rather echo Socrates when he stated "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance." I'm also inclined to agree with Josh that we must observe concepts such as time and space before they will have meaning for us. Beyond this, I had trouble understanding Josh, so I can't give much criticism either for or against.
In terms of the presentation itself, Josh did not address the audience very well. His
terminology was too technical and should have been stated to better reach the layman. Also, he
spoke from and to his paper too much, rather than to the audience, making his difficult
presentation that much more difficult to follow. Perhaps some visual aid(s) would have been
benefical.