History of Modern Philosophy

Format:
On-Campus
Term:
Summer 2025
Session:
Summer Session II: July 3 – August 8, 2025
Subject Area:
PHILOSOPHY (PHIL)
Course Number:
PHIL 1170 920
Schedule:
Tuesday 5:15 - 7:35 p.m.
Thursday 5:15 - 7:35 p.m.
Instructor:
TBA
Primary Program:
LPS Undergraduate & Post-Baccalaureate
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.