PHIL 198. FYS: Knowledge and Ideas in Early Modern Philosophy.

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PHIL 198
FYS: Knowledge and Ideas in Early Modern Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to central issues in the philosophy of the early modern period through an examination of works by, for example, Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley and Hume.
  • Note: Language of instruction is English.
  • Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1 who may take only one FYS
  • Enrollment limit 25. Students who register for more than one First Year Seminar will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them. Language of instruction is English.

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