Overview
Description
Survey of select major movements and philosophers of twentieth century philosophy. Areas of possible thematic focus include: analytic philosophy, naturalism, phenomenology and existentialism, philosophy of race and gender, pragmatism, and social and political philosophy. Coverage of key figures such as Ayer, de Beauvoir, Foucault, Heidegger, Husserl, Quine, Sartre, Rorty, Russell, Wittgenstein.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- 3 credits in philosophy
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): 3 credits in philosophy.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- state a thesis about a problem in twentieth century philosophy, and provide evidence and philosophical argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
- interpret the ideas (by comparison and contrast) associated with major twentieth century philosophers in the course survey.
- distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize conceptual relationships, in a twentieth century philosophical text.
- show what is at stake, for current philosophical debates, in a twentieth century philosophical text.