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Survey the following resources to use in Discussions. You are not expected to read/view all of these, but encouraged to cite some of these in your Discussion postings.
The Empiricist Approach to Epistemology
- Find out about the origins of Ancient Greek Skepticism.
- See this introduction to Empiricism.
- Review these notes on the British Empiricists.
- Video: Watch this video on the Problem of Skepticism. (9:45)
- Video: See this crash course video on the Meaning of Knowledge. (10:11)
John Locke
- Find out about Locke's Origin of Ideas.
- Find out more about Locke's contribution to British Empiricism.
- Read more about Locke's Epistemology and Philosophy of Science.
- Video: Watch this video on Locke's philosophy on cognition. (6:52)
David Hume
- See how Hume Shifts the Burden of Proof in Epistemology.
- See this detailed overview of Hume from Stanford.
- Read about how Hume's Empiricism leads to Positivism.
- Video: Watch this video lecture on Hume's Epistemology. (4:33)
George Berkeley
- Find out about the philosophy of Berkeley from Stanford.
- Video: Watch this crash course on Locke, Berkeley and Empiricism. (9:51)
(Learning Objectives Supported: 1b, 2a, 3b, 4a, 4b)
Faculty Resources/PHI1010 Learning Objectives.html
PHI1010 Learning Objectives
1. The student will be able to describe the history of philosophy by examining the ideas and concepts of the significant thinkers and the development of philosophy from classical to contemporary thought by:
a. identifying the vocabulary, philosophers, and the ideas and concepts in the history of philosophy.
b. explaining the central concepts and resulting world-views in the history of philosophy, such as the nature of knowledge, reality, truth, virtue, justice, and other areas of philosophical inquiry.
2. The student will apply a critical method of doing philosophy through first examining and then evaluating the arguments, issues, and ideas central to philosophy by:
a. critically examining arguments, issues, and ideas central to philosophy.
b. evaluating philosophical arguments for their strengths and weaknesses using logical reasoning and other appeals to reason and/or human experience.
3. The student will examine the major topics in the fields of philosophy to discuss and debate alternative approaches to a variety of philosophical problems using both traditional and alternative world-views by:
a. identifying the major topics in the fields of philosophy.
b. debating the major topics in the fields of philosophy such as the nature of knowledge, reality, truth, morality, justice, art, self-identity, and other major areas of philosophical inquiry.
4. The student distinguish the classical contributions to philosophical literature using primary and secondary sources by:
a. identifying specific contributions to each of the major philosophical traditions.
b. analyzing representative selections from traditionally accepted philosophical classics.
c. examining philosophical ideas through discussion, expository writing, and/or written research.
