History of Modern Philosophy

Online
Subject Area
Course Number
PHIL 1170 910
Course Code
PHIL1170910
Course Key
84298
Day(s)
Tuesday
Thursday
Time
5:15pm-7:35pm
5:15pm-7:35pm
Instructor
AGOFF, ZACHARY
Primary Program
Fulfills
COL-SECTOR-History & Tradition
Course Description
This course is an introduction to a few central themes in philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and to some of the crucial thinkers who addressed those themes. Topics to be covered may include, among others, the nature of the human being (including the human mind), the relationship between God and the created world, the nature of freedom, and the relations among natural sciences, philosophy and theology in this rich period of human history.
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