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This tentative table of contents is for early review purposes; the final contents may not include all of the selections listed here. Most chapters conclude with “Study Questions.”
Preface.
General Introduction.
I. PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE.
Prologue to the Philosophy Of Nature.
1. Nicholas Copernicus: A Historical Biography.
Philosophical Overview.
On the Revolutions (selections).
2. Johannes Kepler: A Historical Biography.
Philosophical Overview.
New Astronomy (selections).
3. Galileo Galilei: A Historical Biography.
Philosophical Overview.
Siderus Nucius or The Sidereal Messenger (selections).
Dialogue on the Great World Systems (selections).
4. Isaac Newton: A Historical Biography.
Philosophical Overview.
The Principia (selections).
Philosophical Bridges: Newton's Influence.
Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of the Nature Philosophers.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
II. RATIONALISM.
Prologue to Rationalism.
5. Renê Descartes: A Historical Biography.
Philosophical Overview.
Meditations.
Objections and Replies II, III, and IV.
Rules for the Direction of our Native Intelligence.
Philosophical Bridges: The Cartesian Influence.
6. Blaise Pascal, A Historical Biography.
Philosophical Overview.
Pensêes (selections).
Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Pascal.
7. Baruch Spinoza: A Historical Biography.
Philosophical Overview.
Ethics, Parts I-V (selections).
Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Spinoza.
8. Gottfried Leibniz: A Historical Biography.
Philosophical Overview.
Letters to Arnauld.
Primary Truths (selections).
Necessary and Contingent Truths (selections).
New System (selections).
Discourse on Metaphysics (selections).
Monadology.
Letters to Clarke: Third and Fourth letters.
Philosophical Bridges: Leibniz's Influence.
Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of the Rationalists.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
III. EMPIRICISM.
Prologue to Empiricism.
9. Francis Bacon: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.
The Great Instauration and Novum Organum (selections).
Philosophical Bridges: Bacon's Influence.
10. Thomas Hobbes: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.
The Leviathan (selections).
Philosophical Bridges: Hobbes' Influence.
11. John Locke: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (abridged).
A Treatise Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government (selections).
Philosophical Bridges: Locke's Influence.
12. George Berkeley: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (abridged).
Philosophical Bridges: Berkeley's Influence.
13. David Hume: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, (abridged).
A Treatise of Human Nature (selections).
Philosophical Bridges: Hume's Influence.
Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of the Empiricists.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
IV. ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHY.
Prologue to Enlightenment Philosophy.
14. Jean Jacques Rousseau: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.
On the Social Contract (selections).
Philosophical Bridges: Rousseau's Influence.
15. Francois Voltaire: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.
Philosophical Dictionary (selections).
16. Immanuel Kant: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.
Critique of Pure Reason (abridged).
Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals (selections).
What is Enlightenment?
Philosophical Bridges: Kant's Influence.
Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of the Enlightenment Philosophers.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
Philosophical Bridges: The Modern Influence.
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