PHIL 205 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

After a brief overview of Kant’s “critical revolution” and its immediate aftermath, we will study the thought of five major European thinkers: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Marx, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche. Themes will include the sense of alienation felt in the wake of the Enlightenment; the limits of human reason; the critique of Kantian morality; philosophical pessimism; and the hope that art can fill the spiritual void left by the collapse of the Christian worldview. Mr. Raymond.

Prerequisite(s): one 100-level course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.

Two 75-minute periods.