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Resource Area Instructor Search Text All Resource Areas Arts and Design Educational Studies Environmental Sciences Human Studies Multi-Disciplinary Museum Studies Visvader, JohnAll Instructors Anderson, John Andrews, Nancy Beal, Elmer Bennett, Michael Berquist, Pete Borden, Rich Brechlin, Earl Capers, Colin Carpenter, JoAnne Carpenter, William Cass, Don Cline, Ken Colbert, Dru Cooper, John Cox, Gray Cox, Judith Creevey, Lucy Demeo, Anna DeWolfe, George Drennan, Matthew Feldman, Dave Hathaway, William Havsall, Lynn Heinz, Christine Hersey, Sue Hess, Helen Hill, Ken Little-Siebold, Todd Longsworth, Gordon Mancinelli, Isabel McKown, Jamie McMullen, Ernie McNally, Jay Morse, Suzanne Olday, Fred Pena, Karla Petersen, Chris Planchart, Antonio Rajakaruna, Nishanta (Nishi) Ressel, Stephen Sanborn, Kelley Sellers, Lucy Bell Stabinsky, Doreen Staff, Stover, Candice Swann, Scott Tai, Bonnie Taylor, Davis Todd, Sean Turok, Katharine Vande Berg, Camille Visvader, John Waldron, Karen

Meets the following requirements: HS HY   

This course represents a contextual approach to the study of the history of philosophy and combines the critical evaluation of philosophical theories with an examination of the cultural conditions which either influence or are conditioned by them.  The course examines the crucial role played by the philosophies and institutions of 17th and 18th century Europe in forming the nature of the modern world and focuses in particular on those aspects of the culture that are of special concern to contemporary critics of modern culture.  The work of Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant are examined in the context of the development of the scientific, industrial, and democratic revolutions. 

Level:  Introductory/Intermediate.  Class limit 20.  *HS* *HY*