What is a mind, and what is the relation between mind and body? Are there immaterial things? What is it to be a person, and under which conditions do we remain the same person over time? How does perception work and can it give us knowledge of the world? Do trees, tables, and people exist when we do not see them? Are ripe tomatoes really red or is colour all in our mind? This course offers an introduction to key issues in metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of mind in early modern philosophy (17th and 18th century). Focusing on the nature of mind and reality, we will discuss texts by René Descartes, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, John Locke, George Berkeley, Mary Shepherd, Thomas Reid and Margaret Cavendish.
Course language: English
- Kursleiter/in: Giulia Martina