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Seminar
WiSe 17/18: Introduction to Hume and British Empiricism
Karsten Schöllner
Hinweise für Studierende
Sprechstunde: nach Vereinbarung, kschoellner@gmail.com
Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen
Im Wintersemester 2017/18 sind alle BA-Aufbauseminare auf 50 Teilnehmer*innen beschränkt. Die Platzverteilung erfolgt über Campus Management.
Kommentar
In this seminar we will discuss the writings of David Hume, the most prominent philosopher of the “Scottish Enlightenment”, on selected theoretical and practical issues and look at the larger context of “British empiricism” in which he worked. We begin with the problem of induction and the issue of skepticism about whether the past is a guide to the present, moving on to skepticism about liberty, the existence of the self and the outside world and Humean doubts about the limits of rationality and philosophy. In the second half we discuss Hume’s attempt to found moral and aesthetic reasoning on a purely natural and empirical view of human nature. All readings and discussion will be in English. Schließen
15 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Di, 17.10.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 24.10.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 07.11.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 14.11.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 21.11.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 28.11.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 05.12.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 12.12.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 19.12.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 09.01.2018 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 16.01.2018 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 23.01.2018 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 30.01.2018 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 06.02.2018 18:00 - 20:00
Di, 13.02.2018 18:00 - 20:00