Topics in Early Modern Philosophy

4 credits

A study of one or more figures from seventeenth- and/or eighteenth-century philosophy, such as Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Cavendish, Conway, Spinoza, Locke, Malebranche, Leibniz, Astell, Berkeley, Du Chatelet, Hume, or Reid. The focus may be on particular texts or intellectual themes and traditions. May be repeated for credit two times with change of content. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.