Course: PHIL 202. Modern Philosophy (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Critical examination of philosophical writings from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Topics may include theories of knowledge, reality, or human nature; concepts of liberty and personhood; the rights of women; arguments against slavery; the relation between mind and body; and the rights and duties of citizens. Readings are selected from the work of such figures as Michel de Montaigne, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, Ottobah Cugoano, and Karl Marx. (Available for General Education, C2 Humanities.)