PHIL 323 - 19th and Early 20th Century Philosophy

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Marist College

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Three Credits LA This course will focus on the history of modern philosophy from the late 18th through the early 20th centuries. It will begin by examining how Immanuel Kant attempts to save philosophy from the excesses of Rationalism and the skepticism implied in Hume's radical Empiricism. It will then examine the series of critical responsesthat Kant' s philosophy itself engendered. Specifically, it will examine how philosophers such as Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche responded t o Kant ? philosophy or its revised or developed versions. Time permitting, it will conclude by examining the views of Idealists such as Royce, Idealism being the philosophical viewpoint that was dominant immediately prior to the rise of Contemporary Anglo-American and Continental Philosophy. PHIL 322 is recommended but not required for this course. Offered every two years

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Marist.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 575-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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