Skip to main page content
Ideas
  1. Course Search
  2. PHIL 122

British Empiricism
PHIL 122

Course Information

Description

The canonical British Empiricists (Locke, Berkeley, and Hume) take us on a journey from very sensible philosophical starting points to rather extravagant sounding philosophical conclusions. We will explore their influential arguments concerning such things as the self, the external world, mind and body, natural kinds, concepts, language, science, skepticism, and the role of philosophy itself.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Department Philosophy
Course Component Lecture
Subject Philosophy
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Exam/Final Deadline Dec. 15, 2026
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Arts and Humanities
Course Level For Undergraduate and Graduate Students