PHIL2099 Ideas, Causality and Personal Identity: Issues from Locke and Hume
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Philosophy |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Philosophy |
| Offered in | First Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
This course is an introduction to the work of John Locke and David Hume, through a study of Locke's Essay and Hume's first Enquiry. These two British philosophers, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries, developed important views about the relationship between our thoughts and the world around us, the nature of the external world, and the self. This course will focus on their epistemological and metaphysical doctrines. Topics to be considered include: the emergence of the modern sense of 'idea'; primary and secondary qualities; the nature and limits of knowledge; causality and the problem of induction; the identity of things and persons; and scepticism. |
| Indicative Assessment |
Essay: 45% |
| Workload | 20 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials |
| Areas of Interest | Philosophy |
| Requisite Statement |
Two courses in Philosophy courses |
| Majors/Specialisations | Philosophy and Contemporary Europe |
| Academic Contact | To Be Advised |
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