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Arnauld – Bruno
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Antoine Arnauld
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Biography – Antoine Arnauld
Arnauld’s Logic and Cartesianism
Arnauld — Port-Royal Logic
Bibliography – Antoine Arnauld
Mary Astell
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Biography of Mary Astell
Philosophical Position/Argument – Mary Astell
Emilie du Chˆatelet and Mary Astell
Bibliography – Mary Astell
Francis Bacon
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Biography of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon – The Foundation of Knowledge and Science
Compare and Contrast: Francis Bacon and John Locke
Francis Bacon Conclusion
Bibliography
Pierre Bayle
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Biography of Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle on Religious Toleration
Bayle and Hobbes: Is Morality Objective?
Closing Argument on Bayle
Pierre Bayle Bibliography
Jeremy Bentham
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Biography of Jeremy Bentham
The Principle of Utility
Jeremy Bentham vs. John Stuart Mill
Why Bentham?
Bibliography
Robert Boyle
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Biography of Robert Boyle
Boyle’s Philosophical Viewpoints
Why Boyle?
Robert Boyle and John Locke
Robert Boyle Sources
Giordano Bruno
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Biography of Giordano Bruno
Astronomy and Planetary Mechanics
Bruno vs. Newton: God and the Universe
Closing Arguments – Bruno
Bibliography
Butler – Galileo
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Joseph Butler
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Biography Joseph Butler
God’s Moral Government and the need for Moral Discipline in Natural Religion
Voltaire and Butler
Closing Argument
Joseph Butler Bibliography
Walter Charleton
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Walter Charleton: Biography
Walter Charleton: Argument
Walter Charleton: Comparison
Walter Charleton: Closing Statement
Walter Charleton: Bibliography
Anne Conway
Ralph Cudworth
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Ralph Cudworth Biography.
Ralph Cudworth’s Plastic Nature.
Cudworth and More
Why Cudworth?
Bibliography
Denis Diderot
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Biography of Denis Diderot
The Intelligence of Art
Voltaire and Diderot’s ideas on Aesthetics
Why Diderot Should Win
Bibliography of Denis Diderot
Galileo Galilei
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Galileo video intro
Galileo Galilei Biography
Galileo’s heliocentrism and scientific methods
Galileo and Newton
Why does Galileo deserve a place in our syllabus next semester?
Galileo Galilei Bibliography
Gaṅgeśa – Jacobs
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Gaṅgeśa
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Biography- Gaṅgeśa
Gaṅgeśa on True Knowledge
Compare/ Contrast: Gaṅgeśa and Descartes
Gaṅgeśa in the philosophical canon?
Bibliography- Gaṅgeśa
Pierre Gassendi
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Biography of Pierre Gassendi
Gassendi’s Most Interesting Philosophical Theory
Pierre Gassendi vs. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Compare and Contrast)
Why Gassendi?
Bibliography of Pierre Gassendi
Sophie de Grouchy
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The Life of Sophie de Grouchy
Grouchy on Moral Good and Evil
Grouchy and Locke on Education
Sophie de Grouchy’s Place in Philosophy
Bibliography
Johann Georg Hamann
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Biography of Johann Georg Hamann
Hamann’s Philosophy of Language
Hamann: The Possible Influence on the Shrouded Philosophy of Language of Kant
Why Hamann?
Hamaan Bibliography
Thomas Hobbes
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The life and era of Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes’s State of Nature and Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
Why Thomas Hobbes should be included in the Philosophical canon
Bibliography of Thomas Hobbes
Baron D’Holbach
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Biography – Baron D’Holbach
Baron D’Holbach – Arguments
Baron D’Holbach and Leibniz
Baron d’Holbach – Closing Arguments
Bibliography – Baron d’Holbach
Zera’s Ethiopian Philosophy?
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Biography of Zera Jacobs
Zera Jacobs/Rene Descartes: The Ethical Dilemma
Bibliography of Zera Jacobs
Kepler – Montaigne
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Johannes Kepler
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Biography of Johannes Kepler
Kepler’s Astronomy and Philosophy
Comparison Between Johannes Kepler and René Descartes
Bibliography for Johannes Kepler
Niccolò Machiavelli
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Video Essay – Machiavelli
Biography – Machiavelli
Philosophical position and argument (with glossary)
John Locke and Niccolo Machiavelli
Why Machiavelli should be included in the Syllabus next fall
Bibliography
Nicolas Malabranche
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Bio Nicolas
Biography — Nicolas Malebranche
Bibliography — Nicolas Malebranche
Julien Offray de la Mettrie
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Biography of La Mettrie
La Mettrie Philosophy
Compare and Contrast La Mettrie vs. Descartes
Bibliography La Mettrie
John Stuart Mill
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Introductory Video – Mill
John Stuart Mill Biography
John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism
Compare and Contrast: John Stuart Mill and Ottobah Cugoano
Closing Arguments – Mill
John Stuart Mill Bibliography
Michel de Montaigne
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Biography – Montaigne
Montaigne’s Purpose of Philosophy
Montaigne and Du Châtelet: Discourse on Death
Montaigne: Bibliography
Pascal – Suchon
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Blaise Pascal
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Biography – Blaise Pascal
Our dependence on God
Two opposing pessimisms: Pascal and Voltaire
Bibliography – Blaise Pascal
5 reasons why Pascal should win
Francois Poulain de la Barre
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Arguments regarding human nature and the law
Comparisons: Montesquieu
Montesquieu shoutout
Closing Arguments – Rousseau
Bibliography
Madeleine de Scudéry
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Biography of Madeleine de Scudéry
Scudery on Women’s Equality
Madeleine de Scudery vs. Rene Descartes
Closing Argument – de Scudéry
Annotated Bibliography
Adam Smith
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Biography – Adam Smith
The Theory Of Moral Sentiments
Smith and Hume
Closing Argument
Bibliography
Franciso Suarez
Gabrielle Suchon
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Biography – Suchon
Suchon – Argument
Gabrielle Suchon and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Closing Argument – Suchon
Bibliography: Gabrielle Suchon
Toland – Yangming
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John Toland
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Biography of John Toland
Christian Wolff
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Recommendation Video!! – Wolff
Biography fo Christian Wolff
First Philosophy, or Ontology–Wolff’s Contemplation on Ontology
Leibniz and Wolff — Pioneers and Descendants?
Bibliography of Christian Wolff
Wang Yangming
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Biography of Wang Yangming
Unity of Knowing and Acting
A Comparison Between Wang Yangming and Immanuel Kant’s Moral Philosophy
Why Wang Yangming should be on the syllabus
Bibliography of Wang Yangming
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Comparisons: Montesquieu