PHIL 213 - Introduction to Modern Philosophy

(3 units)

Major thinkers from the Renaissance through the 18th century, e.g., Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Kant.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. state a thesis about a problem in modern philosophy, and provide evidence and philosophical argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
2. interpret at an introductory level the ideas associated with major philosophers and philosophical theories of modernity.
3. distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize relevant logical relationships and patterns of inference.
4. show what is at stake in an abstract philosophical debate in modern philosophy, and indicate how different philosophical positions have different practical and theoretical implications.

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