PHIL 102 - History of Western Philosophy: Modern

Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)

This class in Modern European Philosophy (roughly 1600-1800) introduces you to three defining problems of the period. 1) What is freedom? 2) What sort of
activity is “knowing,” and what must a “knower” be if it is to engage in this activity? 3) What must the world be like if I can be both free and a knower? By the end of the class, you are a better reader and have a keener, historically enriched understanding of important philosophical debates about action, free will, mind, the external world, and epistemology. We likely read Descartes, Hume, Cugoano, Cavendish, Spinoza, Kant, and Leibniz. Benjamin Randolph.

PHIL 101 is not a prerequisite for the course.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS