Chatting with Dave and René Descartes

I'm very much looking forward to watching the discussion between David Hume and René Descartes in our next class, as I'm sure you are also looking forward to it. Well, if you keep saying that you are looking forward to it, maybe you'll start to believe it.

Anyhoo - I said I would provide a marking guide for you, so here it is:

• 2 points - role-playing. How well are you taking on the persona of Hume, Descartes or the moderator/host.
• 4 points - your notes. I'll have you hand these in at the end of class. I'm not looking for any sort of report on their philosophy, but I do want to see that you've made some good jot notes and organized them logically.
• 4 points - engagement. Are you listening to the rest of the conversation and responding to it as you would in a regular conversation?

I'm hoping that you'll not only learn a bit about the empirical and rational views of knowledge

but you'll also have some fun doing it.