PHIL 1220

17th Century Continental Rationalism

Brown University · UGRD · Fall 2026

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In this course, we will read and discuss some ‘greatest hits’ of Leibniz’s metaphysics. Topics include Leibniz’s revolutionary theory of possible worlds, his idealist account of bodies, the fairytale that is the monadology, as well as other weird and wonderful ideas from the mind of the 17th century polymath.

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