PH 316A - History of Modern Philosophy

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Merrimack College

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Traces the empiricist and rationalist foundations of modern philosophy, and its relation to developments in what we would today call natural science and the social sciences, by a close reading of the texts of Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Prerequisites: PH 112A and another course in philosophy or the permission of the instructor. Three hours a week.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.merrimack.edu

Phone Number:

(978) 837-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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