EMPIRICISM, SKEPTICISM & MATERIALISM in Fall 2020 (PL2037)

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In this course we shall examine the birth of empiricism in polemics over the origins of knowledge and political authority, the limits of human reason, and the possibility of philosophy itself finding a way out of the seventeenth century's religious wars and tyranny towards the creation of free and tolerant societies of rational individuals. Readings from Descartes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume.

Course Master: 
EMPIRICISM, SKEPTICISM & MATERIALISM (PL2037)
Term: 
Fall 2020
Discipline: 
PL (Philosophy)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Friday, December 18, 2020 - 17:30
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Oliver Feltham

Syllabus

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Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
A Treatise of Human Nature
Ed. S. Buckle
Oxford - Not Available at the Bookstore
9780198751724
AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
HUME, DAVID
CAMBRIDGE
9780521604031

Schedule

Start Date: 
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Friday
09:00
10:35
C-102
Tuesday
14:30
16:05
C-102