Spring 2017  |  PHIL 8090 Section 001: Seminar: History of Modern Philosophy (68014)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Wed 04:00PM - 06:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 731
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary by offering. prereq: instr consent
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gordo216+PHIL8090+Spring2017
Class Description:

The early modern debate over personal identity is one of the most vibrant and important debates within the history of philosophy. Almost every philosopher of the period asked, what is a person? What makes a person different from other kinds of beings? And what makes anyone the same person over time? Nevertheless, many who contributed to this debate are left out of our contemporary discussions of it. In this course, we will consider not only the canonical thinkers, including Descartes, Locke, and Hume, but also the often-ignored figures, including Conway, Cavendish, and Amo. The goal of this course is to bring women, and philosophers of color back into the fold, to recover an accurate understanding of the early modern debate over personal identity, and the different ontological, metaphysical, epistemological, theological, political, and scientific considerations that shaped it.

Grading:
Participation and the final paper.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68014/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 November 2016

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