PHL 202 - History Of Modern Phil I

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University of Rochester

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The course will develop the main philosophical responses of the 17th and 18th centuries (other than Kant's) to the new science and scientific methodology found, for example, in Galileo. We'll start out by reading some Galileo and then go on to study Descartes' universal methodology. Motion, space and time, causality, and the mind-body problem (including the problem of perception) will also turn out to be important topics. The next part of the course will consist of Leibniz and of Newton and Locke, to be followed by Berkeley and Hume. The problems listed above will continue to occupy center stage. There will be both lectures and discussion meetings. Texts: Galileo, Discoveries and Opinions (tr. S. Drake; Doubleday); Descartes, Philosophical Writings (tr. J. Cottingham; Cambridge); From Descartes to Locke (ed. Smith & Grene; Phoenix); Berkeley, Hume, and Kant (ed. Smith & Grene; Phoenix).

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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