PHI 2590 Modern Philosophy (Descartes to Kant)

(formerly PHI 259; PHI 355)

Writing-Intensive Course

Philosophy from the Renaissance to the Age of Revolution. Impact of scientific discovery on traditional philosophy and theology: Social Contract Theory, Revolution, Skepticism, Deism and the Idealist-Empiricist debate. Descartes, Rousseau, Locke, Hume and Kant.