Philosophy 366                         Political Philosophy                   Darwall                        Winter 2002

 

HOBBES I

 

I.  Hobbes’ Historical Context (1588-1679)

           

II.  Pre-modern orthodoxy: Scholasticism

 

III. Hobbes: mechanism, materialism, and empiricism

       

IV. The Problem: How to account for “normativity,” in general, and “political authority,” in particular, within the empiricist and materialist.

 

V.  An outline of the solution:  Intro.1: “artifice”

 

VI.  Color Perception and “Projectivism

 

VII. Desire (“Endeavour”) and Projectivism about Value