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K ant’s Th ird Criti q ue Th e N e w School f or S o cial Researc h J a y B e r n st e in Fall 2007 S ept emb er 19, 2007 TH ECO PERN I CAN TUR N I N TH E1 S T , 2 N D , A N D 3 R D C R I TI Q U E S U N D ERD ET ERMI NAT I O N AND J U D G EMENT TH EPRINCI PLEOFJ U D G EMENT T h e C opern ican t urn i nt h e First Crit i qu e: – t ur n in g aw ay fr om t h eidea t h atwecan at tain t heGod’ seyepoi n t of vi ew ont h e w or l d – w e can n ot see t h e w or l d as a w h ol e, as u ncon d ition ed – w e can n ot m ak e i t f u l l y p resent to ou rs el ves ( p er H ei d egge r) – cri t i qu e of p resen ce – w e ar e fi n i t e kn ow er s – w e can n ot k n ow t h e wor l d as a t h in g i ni t sel f – shi f tf r om a c l os ed w or l d t o anin fi ni t e u n i verse , f rom k n ow in g t h e i n fi n i t e to i n fi n i t e k n ow i n g ( si n ce w e are fi ni t e) F orK ant t h erei sn ot o ne h u m an per s pec t i ve ont h i ngs. O ur engagem ent s w i t h t h e w orl d a re persp ecti va l . 2 necessary perspectives: 1.be i ng an agent ( fi rst p erson p oint of v i ew , st a n d p oi nt of su b j ecti v i t y ) 2.be i ng a sp ect a to r ( t h i rd p erson p oint of v i ew, st a n d p oint of ob j ecti v it y ) i rr ed uci bl e to on e an ot h er – can n ot capture a gen cy w i t h a n ep i stemi c poi nt of view Th e o b j ec ti v e s t andp oi ntisa p o intofvi e w – i ti sdeter m i n ed by t he n ec es si t y of t h e w ay i n w h i c h w e must t h i n k ab ou t t h e wor l d i nor der t o h ave ob j ect i ve k n ow l ed ge. 1

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