PHI 221 - Western Philosophy II

Class: 3 Lab: 0 Clinical: 0 Work: 0 Credit(s): 3

Prerequisites: Take ENG-111
This course covers Western intellectual and philosophic thought from post-medievalists through recent thinkers. Emphasis is placed on such figures as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Mill, and representatives of pragmatism, logical positivism, and existentialism. Upon completion, students should be able to trace the development of leading ideas concerning knowledge, reality, science, society, and the limits of reason. (S12988)