Classical Modern Philosophy
Assignments for the Literature Review

Spring, 2006

Descartes  
     dreaming argument Young
     cogito Aldana
     causal argument for God's existence (Med. 3) Tognetti
     ontological argument (Med. 5) Gore
Spinoza  
     relation between mind and body Daniels
     freedom and/or free will Stempel
Leibniz  
     monads Henges
     theodicy McDaniel
Locke  
     theory of ideas Dean
     personal identity Craver
     idea of power Alvaro
Hume  
     induction Steinberg
     personal identity Masters
Kant  
     space and time (forms of intuition) Bordelon
     personal identity (transcendental unity of apperception) Callender
     phenomena and noumena Abraham
     critique of the ontological argument Melcher

Unused Topics

If you prefer any of the topics below to the one you were assigned, let me know and you can swap.

Descartes:

Spinoza:

Leibniz:

Locke:

Hume:

Kant:



Last update: February 1, 2006.
Curtis Brown  |  Classical Modern Philosophy   |  Philosophy Department  |   Trinity University
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