公开课：《哲学概论》-完成-4.3

2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1
A brief recap of the first lecture describing how Aristotle’s view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe.

2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of
A brief introduction to Thomas Hobbes, ‘The Monster of Malmsbury’, his views on a mechanistic universe, his strong ideas on determinism and his pessimistic view of human nature: ‘The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’.

2.3 Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton
An introduction to Robert Boyle’s theory of corpuscularianism and Isaac Newton’s ideas on mathematics and the universe.

2.4 John Locke
Introduction to the philosophy of John Locke, ‘England’s first Empiricist’, he also gives a very simplistic definition of Empiricism; we obtain knowledge through experience of the world, through sensory data (what we see, hear, etc).

2.5 Nicolas Malebranche and George Berkeley
Focuses on Malebranche, a lesser-known French Philosopher, and his ideas on idealism and the influence they had on English philosopher George Berkeley.

2.6 David Hume
Introduces 18th Century Scottish philosopher David Hume, ‘The Great Infidel’, including his life, works and a brief look at his philosophical thoughts.

2.7 Overview: Kant and Modern Science
Concludes a historical survey of philosophy with Immanuel Kant, who thought Hume was wrong in his idea of human nature and how we gain knowledge of the world.

Lecture 2 幻灯片下载：General Philosophy Lecture 2