Readings

Monday, April 1

: (no reading, ﬁrst class). (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, April 3

: Locke, Essay, Book I, ch. I, §[5]The symbol § stands for “section”; §§ means “sections.” If you are unsure (or a bit rusty) on how to read Roman numerals, used for the book and chapter numbers here, there is a handy guide on Wolfram MathWorld. 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 8

: 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.)

Wednesday, April 10

: Locke, Essay, Book II, ch. XII (all); ch. XIII, §§1–14 and 19; ch. XIV, §§1–6 and 17; ch. XVI, §§1–5; ch. XVII, §§1–3, 7–8, 12, and 15. ME #1 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, April 15

: 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, 8–10, and 26. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, April 17

: Locke, Essay, Book II, ch. XXVIII, §§4–11; ch. XXIX, §§1–6; ch. XXXI (all); and ch. XXXIII, §§1–8 and §17. ME #2 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, April 18

: 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. (This lecture will be at the usual class time, 7:10–8:45pm, via Zoom only.) ME#3 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, April 22

: No class due to Passover (which begins this evening).

Wednesday, April 24

: No class due to the second day of Passover.

Thursday, April 25

: 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 and 15–16. (This lecture will be at the usual class time, 7:10–8:45pm, via Zoom only.) No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, April 29

: No class due to the seventh day of Passover.

Tuesday, April 30

: First paper due.

Wednesday, May 1

: 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.)

Thursday, May 2

: Berkeley, Principles, Introduction (pp. 7–23). (This lecture will be at the usual class time, 7:10–8:45pm, via Zoom only.) No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, May 6

: Berkeley, Principles, §§1–84 (pp. 23–56). ME #5 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, May 8

: Berkeley, Principles, §§85–end (pp. 56–87). ME #6 due. (Old lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, May 13

: Hume, First Enquiry (i.e., Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding), §§1–4. No ME due. (This year’s lecture on YouTube (incomplete).) (Last year’s lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, May 15

: Hume, First Enquiry, §§5–7. No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, May 16

: Second paper due.

Monday, May 20

: Hume, Treatise, Book I, Part II. ME #7 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, May 22

: Hume, Treatise, Book I, Part IV, §§2 and 4. ME #8 due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, May 27

: No class (Memorial Day)

Wednesday, May 29

: Hume, Treatise, Part IV, §§6–7; Appendix, from “I had entertain’d some hopes” through “that will reconcile those contradictions.” (Lecture on YouTube.)

Friday, May 31

: ME #9 due.

Monday, June 3

: Hume, Dialogues, Preface and parts 1–8. Introductory paragraph and outline of ﬁnal paper due. No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, June 5

: Hume, Dialogues, parts 9–12. No ME due. (Lecture on YouTube.)

Tuesday, June 11

: Final paper due.