Modern Philosophy
General
Prefix
PHIL
Course Number
252
Course Level
Undergraduate
Instruction Mode
Lecture
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Western Philosophy from the Renaissance, through Descartes and the Rationalists, Hume and the Empiricists, and Kant.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
06
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Distinguish perspectives that characterize thought in Great Britain from thought on the Continent during the modern period.
Outcome
Analyze the development of metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, political or religious issues from the rise of the scientific revolution.
Outcome
Critically evaluate concepts of the self and its relation to the material world, knowledge and skepticism, morality, or the nature and role of government as these developed during this period.
Outcome
Interpret current Western religious, psychological, scientific, moral or political conceptions as having evolved from the thought of this period.