THINGS TO KNOW IN DESCARTES, BERKELEY, HUME

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Things to Know in Descartes

1. Background

2. His Project/Goal

3. Meditations on First Philosophy

4. Letter of Dedication

5. Common Sense Theism

6. Meditation #1--Basic Ideas

7. Meditation #2--Basic Ideas

8. Meditation #3--Basic Ideas

9. Meditation #4--Basic Ideas

10. Meditation #5--Basic Ideas

11. Meditation #6--Basic Ideas

12. Methodical Doubt

13. Primary vs. Secondary Qualities

14. View of HP--Thinking Thing + Extended Thing

15. Pineal Gland

Things to Know in Berkeley

1. Connection to Descartes

2. Idealism/Spiritualism

3. Abstract Ideas

4. Ideas

5. Spirits

6. Spiritual Substance

7. Primary vs. Secondary Qualities

8. Mind-Independent Things

9. Mind-Independent Material Things

10. Master Test

11. Ideas in my control

12. Ideas NOT in my control

13. Laws of Nature

14. NO Ideas of Spirits

15. Notions

16. Objections to his view

17. Philosophical Consequences of his view

18. Other Spirits

19. Spirits are naturally immortal

20. Reasons to believe Berkeley/Idealism

21. Problems for Berkeley/Idealism

Things to Know in Hume

1. Relations among Descartes, Berkeley, Hume

2. Kinds of Substances--2, 1, 0

3. Empiricism

4. Perceptions

5. Impressions

6. Ideas

7. Natural Belief--Habitual thinking

8. Causation

9. Identity (Personal/Individual)

10. Self

11. Bundle of perceptions

12. Memory