PHI 1114 - Philosophy from the Renaissance to Contemporary Times

Credits: 4
An examination of the interconnections between Western philosophy, religion, culture and science from the 15^th to the 21^st century. The spectrum of topics will be centered on questions such as: what are the characteristics and limitations of human reason, emotion and will?  How do we construct knowledge, truth and meaning and how are these constructions used in social and political processes of exclusion? Critical analysis and reflection will be focused on texts by Descartes, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Foucault and Rorty.

 
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.