Essays by Peter Prevos

Origins of Modern Philosophy: Locke, Leibniz and Hume

These papers have been written for the course Origins of Modern Philosophy B from Monash University, Melbourne.

This unit has introduced me with the ideas of David Hume, who has proposed some very interesting solutions to age old problems in philosophy.

Hume moves away from traditional philosophical solutions and places the solution of many age old metaphysical problems in the realm of psychology.

Essays

• Innate Ideas: Is our mind a Tabula Rasa or Veined Block of Marble?
• External World: Is our belief in the external world rational?
• The problem of induction: Is Karl Popper's idea of falsification a solution to Hume's problem of induction?

External links

• Jonathan F. Bennett, Early Modern Texts: Collection of English translation of works by, among others, Locke, Leibniz and Hume.
• Markku Roinila, G.W. Leibniz, an Universal Philosopher