Modern Philosophy and the Revolution of Modernity

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This course introduces students to some of the questions and themes that marked the time period of Modern Philosophy, but which are still very much of interest today. Questions regarding the basis of ethics, the appropriate sources and limitations of knowledge, the nature of the interaction between mind and body, whether human beings have free will or are determined, as well as the relationship between faith, skepticism, and reason will be explored in this course. Modern philosophy is characterized as the time period from the 16th through the early 19th Century. Some of the main philosophers discussed in this course include, but are not limited to: René Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Benedict de Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, and Freidrich Nietzsche. PMI