PHIL 301: History of modern philosophy
Spring 2009

Dennis Earl
Coastal Carolina University

Course Materials

• Course syllabus and schedule (pdf)
  • Course textbook: Robert Cummins and David Owen (Eds.), Central Readings in the History of Modern Philosophy, 2nd Ed. (Wadsworth, 1999). Ordering (link is to book page): Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powell's. (Amazon and B&N include new and used copies, Powell's carries used copies. Be sure to get the second edition.)
• Paper assignments
• General guidelines for papers in PHIL 301 (includes topics for paper #1) (pdf)
• Paper #2 topics (pdf)
• Paper #3 topics (pdf)
• Paper #4 topics (pdf)
• Paper #5 topics (pdf)
• Writing papers in philosophy (There are a number of helpful links here, on everything from proofreading to organization.)
• Paper comment abbreviations (a key to the 2- and 3-letter abbreviations on your papers) (pdf)
• Handouts, links, etc.
  • A good online source for early modern philosophy texts: http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/ (Edited by Jonathan Bennett, most all of our supplemental readings are available here, as well as alternative versions of all of our assigned readings)
  • Readings for Leibniz on space and time (from the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence; links below include some very useful commentary by Soschichi Uchii of Kyoto University)
    • Part I: http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suchii/leibniz-clarke.html
    • Part II: http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suchii/leibniz-clarke2.html
  • Readings for Locke on faith, reason, and "enthusiasm"
  • At EarlyModernTexts.com: http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/pdfbits/lo43.pdf (you'll have to scroll down to chapters 18 and 29 of Book IV)
  • Alternatively, you can find them here:
    • Essay, Bk. IV, Ch. 18, "On Faith and Reason": http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/Projects/digitexts/locke/understanding/chapter0418.html
    • Essay, Bk. IV, Ch. 19, "On Enthusiasm":
      http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/Projects/digitexts/locke/understanding/chapter0419.html