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Spring 2020 | PHIL 3005W Section 001: General History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period (54872)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed,
Fri 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, West Bank
Carlson School of Management L-114
- Enrollment Status:
Open (44 of 56 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Can anything be known beyond a shadow of a doubt? How ought scientific knowledge be discovered and justified? In what does one's identity as a person consist? How does our human nature affect the way that we conceive of and come to know the world? This course examines the momentous intellectual transformations in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries that inspired such questions and their innovative solutions.
- Class Notes:
- In this course, we will read the philosophies of Rene Descartes, Princess Elisabeth, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, Anne Finch Conway, John Locke, Thomas Reid, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, David Hume, Marie de Gournay, Francois Poullain de la Barre, Mary Astell, and Sojourner Truth. Our focus will be on the metaphysics and politics of personhood. A great deal of emphasis will be placed on the ways in which women philosophers shaped the debates over persons and personhood in the modern period.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54872/1203
Spring 2020 | PHIL 3005W Section 002: General History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period (54873)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 205
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Open (27 of 28 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Can anything be known beyond a shadow of a doubt? How ought scientific knowledge be discovered and justified? In what does one's identity as a person consist? How does our human nature affect the way that we conceive of and come to know the world? This course examines the momentous intellectual transformations in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries that inspired such questions and their innovative solutions.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54873/1203
Spring 2020 | PHIL 3005W Section 003: General History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period (54874)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Open (17 of 28 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Can anything be known beyond a shadow of a doubt? How ought scientific knowledge be discovered and justified? In what does one's identity as a person consist? How does our human nature affect the way that we conceive of and come to know the world? This course examines the momentous intellectual transformations in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries that inspired such questions and their innovative solutions.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54874/1203
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