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PHIL 603 - Early Modern Philosophy

(3 units)
Detailed study of one or more figures or topics in 17th- or 18th- century philosophy. May be repeated when course content differs.

Maximum units a student may earn: 6

Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to state a thesis about a key 17th- or 18th- century philosophical text, explain the thesis, and provide evidence, textual and philosophical, in its defense.
2. Students will be able to explain and interpret some central ideas associated with one or more 17th- or 18th- century philosophers.Students will be able to explain and interpret some central ideas associated with one or more 17th- or 18th- century philosophers.
3. Students will be able to distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize conceptual relationships, in a 17th- or 18th- century philosophical text and/or a secondary source that comments critically on it.
4. Students will be able to show what is at stake, for current philosophical debates, in a 17th- or 18th- century philosophical text.


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