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		Course Description
		This course surveys Western European philosophy in the early modern period. Emphasis is placed on the metaphysics and epistemology of Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, John Locke, and David Hume. The principal theme is the role played by early modern science and early modern religious controversies in influencing the development of the philosophy of the period. Readings are also drawn from the work of Bacon, Galileo, Boyle, Newton, Leibniz, Bayle, and Berkeley. Topics for examination include corpuscularianism and mechanism, the nature of mind and of body, the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, the roles of reason and sense experience in delivering knowledge, language and universals, freedom and determinism, scepticism, force and causality, theories of the self and of personal identity, and the basis of our knowledge of an external world. More information about texts, objectives and requirements can be obtained under the links in the menu column.