PSY 3360 – Historical Perspectives on Psychology

CGS 3325 – Minds and Machines since 1600

Spring semester  2012

Work in progress…

LECTURE NOTES

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Class

Dates

Topics

Readings

1

Jan 18

General introduction

Fancher, Chapter 1

2

Jan 23

17th century background – Descartes

Fancher, Chapter 2

3

Jan 25

Descartes

4

Jan 30

Spinoza and Leibniz

5

Feb 1

Spinoza and Leibniz; British Empiricism

6

Feb 6

Hobbes and Locke

7

Feb 8

Locke and Berkeley

 

Note: these descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.

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