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Philosophy 2202G (002) – Early Modern
Philosophy |
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Course Texts The following texts have
been ordered for purchase from the bookstore: |
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Michael R. Matthews, ed., The Scientific
Background to Modern Philosophy: Selected |
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Thomas Hobbes, Human
Nature, John Gaskin, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994) |
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René‚ Descartes, Meditations
on First Philosophy, Andrew Bailey (ed), Ian
Johnston (trans) ( (This can
be purchased as an e-book directly from the Broadview Press website www.broadviewpress.com) |
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John
Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Students who are not upset by 17th century
English diction, orthography, printing conventions, and punctuation, and who
intend to do further studies in early modern philosophy should obtain the
critical edition edited by Peter H. Nidditch
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975); others may use the modernized abridgement
edited by Kenneth Winkler (Indianapolis: Hackett: 1996). The latter will need to obtain a copy of
Essay IV.xix, which is available online. |
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David
Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Lorne Falkenstein, ed. ( (This can
be purchased as an e-book directly from the Broadview Press website www.broadviewpress.com) |
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