For one thing, its implications seem to destroy it. By attending to Kant's historical and political writings in the context of his critical philosophy, it draws out the centrality of the concept of enlightenment to the project of critique and demonstrates that both are fundamentally aporetic in charcater. The paper concludes by reflecting on the implications of this account for contemporary neo-Kantian philosophy. He has taught at Cambridge and Reading Universities in England and at Macquarie University in Australia, and is now Professor of Philosophy of Science and Head of Department at King's College London. He has written articles on a wide range of philosophical topics in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of science, and is currently editor of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science .
Many cognitive scientists view consciousness as the last unconquered frontier in science.
I shall argue that this quest implicitly presupposes dualism, and that once we free ourselves from dualism we will cease to feel a need for such a theory. She did her undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford, and then her MPhil in Philosophy at University College London. She is currently finishing her PhD thesis on Wittgenstein at UCL, under the supervision of Professor Malcolm Budd. King's College London and the University of Hertfordshire. Her main areas of interest are the Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Ethics, Political Philosophy and the Philosophy of Mind.