Modern European Philosophy From Descartes to Derrida
PHRE1-CE9147
/ $430
SPRING 2012
Continuing Education:
Humanities and Performing Arts
Survey European philosophy from the 17th-century scientific revolution to contemporary times. How have the discoveries of the natural and social sciences changed the way in which we perceive the world? Why is Descartes considered the first modern philosopher? Debate the merits of the foundations of modernity as laid out in the works of Descartes, Spinoza, Hume, Voltaire, and other Enlightenment thinkers, including Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche. Discuss such 20th-century modernists and postmodernists as Russell, Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Derrida. Texts include Bertrand Russell,
A History of Western Philosophy and
The European Philosophers From Descartes to Nietzsche, both edited by Monroe Beardsley.
Related Subject Areas:
Religion,
Philosophy,
Humanities
Section 1
Thursday 6:45pm-8:25pm
February 9 - May 3
No class 3/15.
12 Sessions
Instructor:
John Riggins
Location: Washington Square
