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Angela Yesh -- Philosophy -- Society and the Individual

Richard Taylor. From Metaphysics, published in 1983. Selection on “Persons and Bodies” on 3/21.

Reagan becomes president in 1981, AIDS epidemic begins in US in 1981, Ozone Hole detected in 1986, communism falls in Soviet Union in 1989.

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David Hume (1711-1776). A Treatise on Human Nature published in 1888. From  class 3/23 

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John Locke (1632-1704). From An Essay Concerning Human Understanding originally published in 1689. On 3/28

Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven.

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George Berkeley (1685-1753). From Three Dialogues between Hylos and Philonous originally published in 1713. 3/30

Newton publishes Principia in 1687, American Revolution 1775-1783, Industrial revolution begins in Europe 1780.

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Plato (427-347/8BCE). The Timaeus. On 4/13, 4/18 

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John Searle (1932- ). “Mind/Body Problem” from Minds, Brains & Science published in 1984 from 4/20

US Supreme Court allows abortion in 1972, US War in Vietnam 1962-1973.  

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Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Special relativity 1905, General Relativity 1915. From The World As I See It published in taken from papers/lectures from 1930’s. class of 4/25

Communist rule begins in 1917 in Russia, World War I 1914-1917.

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