Lectures: Butler (Beauvoir)
Lectures: Butler (Beauvoir) I. Prefatory Material A. Why I chose this piece I wanted to read something a work by a woman for various reasons Philosophy generally tends to be […]
Lectures: Butler (Beauvoir) I. Prefatory Material A. Why I chose this piece I wanted to read something a work by a woman for various reasons Philosophy generally tends to be […]
Lectures: Sartre I. Philosophy in the 18th and 19th Centuries A. In England and France, after the mid 18th century, the focus was not so much on metaphysics and epistemology, […]
Lectures: Berkeley I. Philosophy after Descartes A. At first, Cartesian rationalism thrived in philosophy Philosophers such as Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) first made their names by writing responses […]
Lectures: Descartes I. Historical Background and Biographical Information A. In the 2000 years or so between Aristotle’s death and the early 17th century, with the exception of theology, philosophy remained […]
Introduction to Logic Basic Definitions Logic is the study of the criteria used in evaluating inferences or arguments. An inference is a process of reasoning in which a new belief […]
Besides introducing epistemology and metaphysics, I’m going to be using these lectures as an excuse to talk about three of the most important people who were instrumental in getting Western […]