Topics in Modern and Contemporary Philosophy

Undergraduate Prerequisites: any one philosophy course from CAS PH 410-439, or consent of instructo r. - Topics vary from semester to semester; may be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Spring 2020: History, Memory, Meaning. Examines central issues in the philosophy of history, from Hegel and Nietzsche to Collingwood, Gadamer, Foucault, Nora, and Danto. Topics include: tensions between history and memory, structure of historical narratives, contrast between interpretation and understanding, does history have a meaning'