Early Modern Philosophy
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| WEEK I | ||
| January | 7 | Course Introduction
Movie: “Is Reason a Source of Knowledge?” |
| 9 | René Descartes, Meditation I (pp. 27-30) | |
| 11 | René Descartes, Meditation II (pp. 30-34) | |
| WEEK II | ||
| 14 | René Descartes, Meditation III (pp. 34-41) | |
| 16 | René Descartes, Meditation III finished | |
| 18 | Phil 210 Group: The Matrix | |
| WEEK III | ||
| 21 | No Class-- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | |
| 23 | René Descartes, Meditation VI | |
| 25 | FIRST PAPER
DUE TODAY
Finish Meditation VI |
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| WEEK IV | ||
| 28 | Nicolas Malebranche, The Search After Truth
Book VI, Part Two, Chapter 3 (pp. 401-404)
Gottfried Leibniz, from A New System of Nature (pp. 232, second column, from the paragraph that begins, “After I established these things…” to the end of the selection on p. 234) Pierre Bayle, from the entry ‘Rorarius’ in his Historical and Critical Dictionary (handed out in class) Gottfried Leibniz, ‘Clarification of the Difficulties which Mr. Bayle Has Found in the New System of the Union of Soul and Body’ (handed out in class) |
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| 30 | Robert Boyle, Of the Excellency and Grounds
of the Corpuscular or Mechanical Philosophy, pp. 262-269
John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, I-vi (pp. 276-284) |
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| February | 1 | Phil 310 Group
Read in Savile Book: Appendix (The Monadology), Introduction, Chs. 1-2 |
| WEEK V | ||
| 4 | John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Ch. viii & xxiii (pp. 285-90; 312-320) | |
| 6 | John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Ch. xxvii (pp. 320-29) | |
| 8 | Phil 210 Group: Personal Identity
Read: John Perry, A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality ("First Night" and "Second Night") Handed out in class. Link to Study Questions |
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| WEEK VI | ||
| 11 | John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book I (pp. 270-276) | |
| 12 | TAKE HOME MIDTERM DUE BY 4:00 p.m. TODAY | |
| 13 | George Berkeley, Three Dialogues, Preface & First Dialogue, 1-118 (pp. 413-423, bottom of the first column) | |
| 15 | Phil 310 Group
Read in Savile Book Chs. 3, 4, 5 |
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| WEEK VII | ||
| 18 | George Berkeley, Three Dialogues, First
Dialogue, finish (pp. 423-433)
George Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, 1-24 (pp. 470-476) |
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| 20 | George Berkeley, Three Dialogues, Second
Dialogue (entire) (pp. 433-443)
George Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, 25-53 (pp. 476-477) |
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| 22 | Phil 210 Group | |
| WEEK VIII | ||
| 25 | George Berkeley, Three Dilaogues, Third
Dialogue, 1-23 (pp. 443-447)
George Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge 137-145 (available on line) |
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| 27 | David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, I-III (pp. 491-499) | |
| 1 | Phil 310 Group
Read in Savile Book Chs. 6, 7, 8 SECOND PAPER DUE TODAY |
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| WEEK IX | ||
| 4 | David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, IV (pp. 499-506) | |
| 6 | David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, V (pp. 506-512) | |
| 8 | Phil 310 Group
Read in Savile Book Chs. 9-10 |
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| WEEK X | ||
| 11 | Wesley Salmon, "An Encounter with David Hume" (on reserve at the library) | |
| 13 | David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, VIII (pp. 522-532) | |
| 15 | Phil 210 Group: Free Will | |
| EXAM WEEK | ||
| Tuesday | 19 | Final Exam, 8:00-10:00 |