Winter 2008 Readings
(Click here for Fall readings)
The primary text for the course (this quarter as well as Spring) is:
Cahn, Stephen M., Classics of Western Philosophy (Hackett, 2007).
It should hopefully be available in the bookstore when registration begins.
Week One
Augustine, ... (PDF selections here);
Week Four
Duns Scotus, Man's Natural Knowledge of God (selection from Opus Oxoniense) [get this here online as a PDF]
Week Five
Bacon, Novum Organum (selections) [get this here online as a PDF]
Montaigne, Essays, "To the Reader", [PDF here] "On the Education of Children," [PDF here], plus browse the beginnings of one or two other essays on this website.