Irish Philosophy

(2.5-5 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course covers the history of Irish thought from the seventh century to the twentieth century, focusing in some detail on the ideas of selected individual thinkers. The course begins with the thought of the Irish Augustine, an Irish monk from the seventh century. It continues with an examination of the work of he great ninth-century thinker. John Scottus Eriugena. The bulk of the course will discuss the thought of the modern thinkers, including Robert Boyle, John Toland, George Berkeley, Jonathan Swift, Francis Hutcheson and Edmund Burke.