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UC Davis Department of Philosophy

Philosophical Classics of the Modern Era

Philosophy Department

1240 Social Sciences and Humanities
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

Phone: (530) 752-0607

Fax: (530) 752-8964

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Here are the assignments for each class. All readings are taken from Ariew and Watkins, Modern Philosophy: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Third Edition). Readings from the Critique of Pure Reason supply more detail than is found in the Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics and are optional.

January February March
4 Introductory Remarks 1 358-367 1 719-723,775-782
6 35-43 3 378-387 3 723-730
8 43-47 5 397-407 5 731-737, 782-787
11 47-54 8 416-422 8 679-688, 772-779
13 54-58 10 435-447 10 700-705, 798-819
15 58-61 12 478-493 12 705-713
18 NO CLASS 15 NO CLASS
20 61-68 17 533-542
22 160-164 19 542-555 17 FINAL EXAM DUE
25 224-232 22 555-564 10:30 A.M.-1:30 P.M.
27 248-254 24 564-575
29 316-328 26 593-600