Philosophy 2202F/G – Early Modern Philosophy

Requirements — Reading List

Reading List

Due: Wednesday, February 12

Focus the bibliography you did earlier by identifying one or two topics of particular interest to you and doing up an expanded list of works dealing just with those topics and omitting any other topics.  Aim for 8-10 sources and now allow yourself to search back a bit further -- up to the past 10-15 years.  Also, start reading bits and pieces of the works you have found.  Look at introductory and concluding paragraphs and abstracts to find out whether the authors are talking about the same issues.  You want authors who are all addressing as close to the same topic as possible.  Ideally, they would be talking about what each other have to say on the topic. Looking at footnotes and bibliographies will help you identify earlier authors who dealt with the same topic.  Try to get a sense of whether you would want to go on to read the pieces you have selected (but don't just yet), or whether a piece is not for you.  List the ones you would want to read.  Some of the works you find now are going to end up being the ones you will write your paper on, so you want to take the time to make sure you are finding good material -- material you can understand and that interests you, so that you will be eager to work on it and will be able to work well on it.

While in the usual case some of the works in the bibliography you submitted earlier will also be on the reading list, this is not necessary.  Should you find that none of the topics addressed on the bibliography you have submitted is really for you, you can look for a different topic or even change to a different philosopher.

Please submit the assignment by e-mail to lfalkens@uwo.ca

Please do not submit hard copy.