Overview
Description
Detailed study of one or more figures or topics in 17th- or 18th- century philosophy.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits
Learning Outcomes
- state a thesis about a key 17th- or 18th- century philosophical text, explain the thesis, and provide evidence, textual and philosophical, in its defense.
- explain and interpret some central ideas associated with one or more 17th- or 18th- century philosophers.Students will be able to explain and interpret some central ideas associated with one or more 17th- or 18th- century philosophers.
- distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize conceptual relationships, in a 17th- or 18th- century philosophical text and/or a secondary source that comments critically on it.
- show what is at stake, for current philosophical debates, in a 17th- or 18th- century philosophical text.