PHIL 3221 - [Modern Empiricism]

(HB) (KCM-AS)

Fall or spring. 4 credits.

Prerequisites: At least one previous course in philosophy at the 2000-level or above, or permission of the instructor. Ideally the course would have been in metaphysics, epistemology, ancient philosophy, medieval philosophy, Rationalism, or Kant. Next offered 2014-2015.

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A mid-level look at the epistemology and metaphysics of the early modern empiricists and their critics. Topics include: ideas, skepticism, belief, knowledge, science, bodies, minds, God, causation, natural laws, afterlife, and personal identity. Readings from John Locke, Mary Astell, George Berkeley, David Hume, and Thomas Reid.