Modern Philosophy

General

Prefix

PHIL

Course Number

252

Course Level

Undergraduate

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.

Dependencies

Programs

PHIL252 is a completion requirement for: