Syllabus
* Mandatory:
HARRIS, J. Hume: An Intellectual Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. pp. 438-459.
HUME, D. A Treatise of Human Nature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 7 - 22, 50 - 118, 164 - 178.
* Recommended:
HARRIS, J. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 149 - 170.
TRAIGER, S. (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Hume’s Treatise, London: Blackwell, 2005.
WRIGHT, J. P., Hume´s ´A Treatise of Human Nature ´, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Annotation
Weekly Schedule:
1) Hume´s idea of experimental science of human nature (Introduction to A Treatise)
2) Hume´s idea of "science of man" and Malebranche´s critique of "experimental philosophy
3) Design of Hume´s A Treatise and its publishing history
4) Of the origin of ideas 1
5) Of the origin of ideas 2
6) Of knowledge and probability 1
7) Of knowledge and probability 2
8) Of knowledge and probability 3
9) Of the sceptical and others systems of philosophy 1
10) Of the sceptical and others systems of philosophy 2
11) Conclusions to the Book 1
12) Conclusions to Book 1 as a bridge to Book 2 – Of the Passions
13) Essay tutorial