PHIL 2220

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PHIL 2220

Course information provided by the 2023-2024 Catalog.

A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. We focus largely on epistemology (ideas, skepticism, belief, knowledge, science) and metaphysics (bodies, minds, God, causation, natural laws, afterlife, and personal identity). Some of the ethical implications of these systems will also be mentioned in passing.


Distribution Category (ETM-AS, HST-AS, KCM-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5857 PHIL 2220   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5858 PHIL 2220   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6485 PHIL 2220   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6486 PHIL 2220   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person