PHILOS 2XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Immanuel Kant, Baruch Spinoza, Boyle Lectures
1 Dec 2017
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In 2x03, we studied some of the philosophers of the 17th century. In this course, we will take on philosophers from the 18th century. As exemplified by descartes, spinoza, leibniz, clarke. Proceeded by emphasizing the power of reason against the variability of sensation and imagination. Proceeded by emphasizing that all knowledge arises from the senses. Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge (1710) All that exists are minds and their ideas". There is no guarantee that the future will be like the past". An inquiry into the human mind on the principles of common sense (1764) David hume broke my dogmatic slumber kant, prolegomena in enquiry. A demonstration of the being and attributes of god (1704) Clarke sets out to prove the existence of god. Speaks to the nature of the soul or mind. This is not a book for everyone. Careful to identify the proper audience (those he take himself to be addressing)
