PHIL 312: Philosophical Foundations of Modernity

Department
School
College Liberal Arts/Sciences
Credits 4
Degree Attributes
CoB: Humanities,
SoAD: Humanities
The intellectual foundations of our modern world were laid down in the 17th and 18th centuries by thinkers like Descartes, Locke, Hume, and Kant. In this course we will look at some of the great debate of the period having to do with science, religion, free will, the self, the nature of truth, the limits of knowledge, and the possibility of happiness.