Weeks | Topics |
1 |
Descartes’ Life and Times, ‘Science’ and ‘Philosophy’ in the Seventeenth Century
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2 |
Scholasticism, Descartes’ Early and Later Years, and His Publications
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3 |
The Cartesian Method, Knowledge and Intuition, the Role of Doubt, First Principles
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4 |
From Self to God: the Ontological and Trademark Arguments, the Avoidance of Error
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5 |
From God to Knowledge of the Physical World, The Role of God in Physics, The Cartesian Circle
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6 |
The Material Universe; Our Knowledge of the World, the Intellect and the Senses
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7 |
The nature of Extended Substance
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8 |
Science, Mathematics and Mechanical Models
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9 |
Cartesian Man: Men, Machines and Animals
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10 |
Res Cogitans, Cartesian Dualism and its Problems
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11 |
The Mind-Body Union, Sensation and Imagination
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12 |
Our Perception of the Physical world, Innate Ideas
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13 |
Freedom, Reason, and the Good Life
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14 |
Revision and Evaluation
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