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UC Davis Department of Philosophy

Locke and Berkeley

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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This is a listing of class reading assignments. ‘Essay’ refers to Locke’s An Essay concerning Human Understanding, ‘Principles’ to Berkeley’s Principles of Human Knowledge, and ‘Dialogues’ to Berkeley’s Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.

Month Day Text Reading
September 28 Essay Epistles, Introduction
30 Essay Book I Entire
October 5 Essay Book II 1-8
7 Essay Book II 21, 23
12 Essay Book II 27
14 Essay Book III 1-6
19 Essay Book IV 1-8
21 Essay Book IV 9-11
26 Essay Book IV 12-17
28 Essay Book IV 18-20
November 2 Principles Introduction
4 Principles Sections 1-33
9 Principles Sections 34-66
11 NO CLASS
16 Principles Sections 67-96
18 Principles Sections 97-134
23 Principles Sections 135-156
25 Dialogues First
25 Dialogues Second
25 Dialogues Third
December 9 FINAL EXAMINATION 8:00-10:00 A.M.