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PHIL 365 - Topics in Early Modern Philosophy: Continental Rationalists


Next Offered: 2016-2017
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4HU, WADV

This course will focus on the philosophical systems of René Descartes, Nicolas Malebranche, Baruch Spinoza, and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz and their critics, including Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, Duchess Margaret Cavendish, Lady Anne Conway, Lady Damaris Masham, and Samuel Clarke. Textbooks for the course are Roger Ariew and Eric Watkins (eds.), Modern Philosophy: An Anthology of Primary Sources and Margaret Atherton (ed.), Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period.  [H]
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: J. Shaheen
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes
One course in Philosophy.


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