Phil 4120 text information

Phil 5120 / 6120 - Modern & Recent Philosophy

A detailed syllabus of the course will be forthcoming, namely at the start of the semester. In the mean time, I want to make a comment about the course texts that you should be buying. You may of course buy these texts from the Bookstore. For those who prefer to shop for the best price, here is the relevant information:

There are two required texts. The small paperback (by Nick Jolley) turns out quite expensive. So, you may wish to try to get a copy of it used. Here are the two required texts:

An Essay concerning Human Understanding, by John Locke

ISBN: 0198245955. This is the standard scholarly edition of Locke's Essay published by Oxford and edited by Peter Nidditch. This version contains countless aids for the scholar and student and is the version of the Essay that any serious student of Locke should own.

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Locke: His Philosophical Thought, by Nicholas Jolley

ISBN: 0198752008.

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There is one optional text. It turns out that Leibniz wrote a section-by-section rebuttal to Locke's Essay. Reading this allows you to read the commentary of a very powerful thinker who is a contemporary of Locke. We won't emphasize this text in class, but you would benefit greatly from reading the correlated sections in Leibniz whenever reading Locke. You may get this in the original French, though I'm here listing it in English translation:

New Essays on Human Understanding, by G W Leibniz

ISBN: 0521576601.

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