PHL3880

Origins of modern philosophy B: Locke, Leibniz and Hume

(ART)

Aubrey Townsend and others

8 points + 2 hours per week + First semester (Clayton), summer semester (flexible delivery) + Prerequisites: A minor sequence in philosophy, including PHL2110

Synopsis: A discussion of some main issues in metaphysics and epistemology. Topics include empirical and a priori knowledge, language and meaning, concepts of substance, identity and causation, minds and persons. The discussion of these topics will be introduced through the work of the major rationalist and empiricist philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - especially Locke, Leibniz and Hume.

Assessment: Two essays (1500-2000 words each): 60% + Two expository exercises (750 words each): 20% + Examinations (1 hour): 20%