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PHIL 452 -- DESCARTES VS HUME -- FALL 2009


SYLLABUS (Includes GRADING POLICIES)

ASSIGNMENTS AND COURSE NOTES


ASSIGNMENTS AND COURSE NOTES


Week 1-- Introduction to Descartes, First Meditation started:


Week 2-- First Meditation, discussion:

  • 9/7 -- Labor day
  • 9/9 -- Descartes -- First Meditation, Objections and Replies
    • Readings: Objections and Replies:

      a) Seventh O and R: CSM II, 302-321.

      b) Sixth O and R: CSM II, 281-2 (ninth difficulty), 293-96.

      c) Third O and R: CSM II, 121.

      d) Second O and R: CSM II, 92, 110-20 (Method).

    • Text Analysis: Evil Genius Argument, from "Suppose then that I am dreaming" to "if I want to discover any certainty"

  • 9/11 -- BGD 2 (Larmore)

Week 3 -- 9/14-18 -- Second Meditation:


Week 4 -- 9/21-24 -- Third Meditation:


Week 5 -- 9/28-10/2 -- Fourth Meditation:


Week 6 -- 10/5-9 -- Fifth Meditation:


Week 7 -- 10/12-16 -- Sixth Meditation:

  • Monday: Presentation by Brad
  • Wednesday: Sixth Meditation -- overview
  • Friday: Sixth Meditation -- the problem of the distinction between the mind and the body + text analysis
  • Readings, Study Questions and Handout

Week 8 -- 10/19-23 -- Finishing Descartes

  • Monday: Presentation by James and Ellen -- The existence of matter
  • Wednesday: The Cartesian Circle
  • Friday: The Mind-Body relation

Week 9 -- 10/26-30 -- Hume, Introduction


Week 10 -- 11/2-6 -- Hume, Impressions and Ideas


Week 11 -- 11/9-13 -- Hume, Impressions and Ideas, finished

No class on 11/11


Week 12 -- 11/16-20 -- Hume, Space and Time


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