PHL 304 - Modern Philosophy

Syllabus

• Modern Philosophy (Word doc)

NOTE: YOU are responsible for thinking for yourself. It is not enough to quote a source, you must show you understand it.

Readings

• Reading 1 (pdf)
• Reading 2 (pdf)
• Bacon Reading
• History of Scientific Method

Source Texts

• Early Modern Philosophy - Full texts of original source material from the modern period.
• eBooks@Adelaide - Very good list of the most important source texts from almost all of the major philosophers.
• Descartes - Discourse on Method
•     Spark Notes Summary
• Descartes - Rules for the Direction of the Mind
•     Spark Notes Summary
• Hobbes Leviathan Full Text