Phil 100C: The Empiricists
Spring, 2020
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Readings

Monday, March 30
: (no reading, first class). (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, April 1
: Locke, Essay, Book I, ch. I, § 8; ch. II, §§1–5 and 15–16; ch. III, §§1–8; ch. IV, §§1–8 and 17–18; Book II, ch. I, §§1–6 and 23–5, and ch. II (all). (Lecture on YouTube.)
Monday, April 6
: Locke, Essay, Book II, ch.’s IV, VI, and VII (all); ch. VIII, §§7–26; ch. IX, §§1–4 and 11–15; ch. X, §§1–2; ch. XI, §§1–10. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Tuesday, April 7
: Locke, Essay, Book II, ch. XII (all); ch. XIII, §§1–14; ch. XIV, §§1–6 and 17; ch. XVI, §§1–5; ch. XVII, §§1–3, 7–8, 12, and 15. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, April 8
: No class, Passover eve. ME #1 due.
Monday, April 13
: Locke, Essay, Book II, ch. XX, §§1–2 and 15–16; ch. XXI, §§1–14, 21–5, and 29; ch. XXII, §§1–4; ch. XXIII, §§1–12; ch. XXV (all); ch. XXVI, §§1–2; ch. XXVII, §§1–3, 9–10, and 26. ME #2 due. (Sorry, this lecture was not recorded, I forgot to press RECORD!)
Tuesday, April 14
: Locke, Essay, Book II, ch. XXVIII, §§4–10; ch. XXIX, §§1–6; ch. XXXI (all); and ch. XXXIII, §§1–8 and §17. (Note: on this date, the live Zoom lecture will be 11:20–12:55pm.) (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, April 15
: No class due to the seventh day of Passover. ME#3 due.
Monday, April 20
: Locke, Essay, Book III, ch. I, §§1–2; ch. II (all); ch. III, §§1–8, 11–12, 15–18; ch. IV, §§1–7; ch. VI, §§1–10, 28–30, 33, 39; ch. IX, §§15–16; ch. X, §§1–10, 14, 17–18, 34. No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, April 22
: Locke, Essay, Book IV, ch. I (all); ch. II, §§1–7, 14–15; ch. III, §§1–21; ch. IV, §§1–13; ch. VI, §§1–9; ch. VII, §§1–3. No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Thursday, April 23
: First paper due.
Monday, April 27
: Locke, Essay, Book IV, ch.’s VIII–IX (all); ch. X, §§1–11; ch. XI, §§1–4, 8, 12–13; ch. XIV (all); ch. XVII, §§1–3, 5–13; ch. XVIII (all). ME #4 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, April 29
: Berkeley, Principles, Introduction (pp. 7–23). ME #5 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Monday, May 4
: Berkeley, Principles, §§1–84 (pp. 23–56). No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, May 6
: Berkeley, Principles, §§85–end (pp. 56–87). ME #6 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Monday, May 11
: Hume, First Enquiry, §§1–4. No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, May 13
: Hume, First Enquiry, §§5–7. ME #7 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Thursday, May 14
: Second paper due.
Monday, May 18
: Hume, Treatise, Book I, Part II. ME #8 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, May 20
: Hume, Treatise, Book I, Part IV, §§1–2. ME #9 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Monday, May 25
: No class (Memorial Day)
Wednesday, May 27
: Hume, Treatise, Book I, Part IV, §§3–4 and §7; Appendix, from “I had entertain’d some hopes” through “that will reconcile those contradictions.” ME #10 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Monday, June 1
: Hume, Second Enquiry (i.e., Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals) §§I–IV. Introductory paragraph and outline of final paper due. No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Wednesday, June 3
: Hume, Second Enquiry §§V and IX. No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)
Tuesday, June 9
: Final paper due.

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