Slide 1Fyodor Dostoevski Philosophy 151 Winter, 2004 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 A Utopian Vision ● Notes from Underground (1864) was written in response to N. G. Chernyshevsky’s…

Slide 1Leviathan Philosophy 1 Spring, 2002 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 Thomas Hobbes Born 1588 From England Studied at Oxford Personally knew many leading philosophers Fled from…

Slide 1 Descartes's Model of Reflection and Refraction Philosophy 168 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 Reflection and refraction In his 1637 Optics, Descartes offered an explanation…

Slide 1 Phaedo Philosophy 21 Fall, 2004 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 Plato Born 427 BC Lived in Athens Follower of Socrates Founded the Academy Tried and failed to influence politics…

Slide 1 Twilight of the Idols Philosophy 1 Spring, 2002 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 Friedrich Nietzsche Born 1844 From Germany Of poor health Professor of Classics, University of…

Slide 1 Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Philosophy 1 Spring, 2002 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 Ethics Material philosophy has to do with specific objects and the laws governing…

Slide 1 Critique of Pure Reason Philosophy 1 Spring, 2002 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz Born 1646 From Germany Invented calculus Had controversies with…

Slide 1 Meditations on First Philosophy Philosophy 1 Spring, 2002 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 The Religious Crisis The Protestant Reformation destroyed the universal intellectual…

Slide 1 The Problems of Philosophy Philosophy 1 Spring, 2002 G. J. Mattey Slide 2 Bertrand Russell Born 1872 From England Aristocrat Anti-war activist Won Nobel Prize for…