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COURSE OUTLINE

I. Introduction

A. Medieval Philosophy and Modern Philosophy: Continuity and Discontinuity

The Aristotelian Philosophy:

B. Transition: Renaissance Period

Renaissance and Humanism
The Renaissance Thought
Stories and Themes
The Beginning of Modern Science
Early Modern History
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
The West: Enlightenment to the Present
World History: Hyperhistory

II. Continental Rationalism

A. Descartes

Specific Links on Descartes
Works of Descartes
Short Summary of Descartes Thoughts
Davis Lecture on Descartes
Davis Lecture on Descartes' Meditation
Dr. Ess' Notes on Descartes

B. Pascal

Specific Links on Pascal (Episteme)
Specific Links on Pascal (Katharena Eiermann)
Pascal - Biographical Sketch
Pascal's Wager (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

C. Cartesianism

Malebranche (IEP)
Malebranche: Great Voyages
Malebranche: Search After Truth

D. Spinoza

Spinoza (Episteme Links)

E. Leibniz

Leibniz (Episteme Links)

III. British Empiricism

  1. Francis Bacon

    2. Bacon (Episteme Links)

  2. Hobbes

    3. Hobbes (Epistme Links)

  3. Locke

    4. Locke (Episteme Links)

  4. DEISM: Discussions on Moral and Religious Philosophy

    5. Deism

  5. Berkeley

    6. Berkeley (Episteme Links)

  6. Hume

Hume (Episteme Links)
AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

IV. The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

  1. The French Enlightenment Philosophy
  2. The German Enlightenment Philosophy
  3. The Formation of the Modern Society

V. The German Idealism

  1. Kant

    2. Kant (Episteme Links)
    All about Kant (Andy Carpenter)

  2. Fichte
  3. Schelling
  4. Hegel

VI. Synopsis and Conclusion