UC Davis Philosophy 22

History of Early Modern Philosophy

G. J. Mattey

Syllabus (Fall, 2009)

First Paper Topic (Fall, 2009)

Second Paper Topic (Fall, 2009)

Previous Final Examination Questions

Hints on Writing Philosophy Papers


The Philosophers

René Descartes

Baruch Spinoza

Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz

John Locke

George Berkeley

David Hume

Immanuel Kant


Virtual Slides

Introductory Background Lecture [ .ppt file | .pdf file ]

Descartes [ .ppt file | .pdf file ]

Spinoza [ .ppt file | .pdf file ]

Leibniz [ .ppt file | .pdf file ]

Locke [ .ppt file | .pdf file ]

Berkeley [ .ppt file | .pdf file ]

Hume [ .ppt file | .pdf file ]

Kant [ .ppt file | .pdf file ]


Links

Philosophy 168, containing lecture notes on Descartes's Meditations

Old Philosophy 22 Web page (Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, and others)

Old Philosophy 23 Web page (Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant)

Bill Uzgalis, Oregon State University, Modern Philosophy Web page

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, "René Descartes"

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, "Baruch Spinoza"

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz"

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, "John Locke"

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, "George Berkeley"

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, "David Hume"

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, "Kant's Critique of Metaphysics"

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, "Kant and Hume on Causality"


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