PHI 305 - Modern Philosophy: Eighteenth Century (1)

Critical examination of the philosophers comprising the middle modern period of philosophy such as George Berkeley, Lady Mary Shepherd, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jeremy Bentham, Mary Wollstonecraft and Adam Smith. From idealism to skepticism to transcendentalism, we will explore the nature of reality, the limits of our knowledge, and even the way in which we construct our social, ethical, political, and economic systems. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Alternate years.
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