LARTS 335 - History of Western Philosophy I:Pre-Socratics to Descartes

Institution:

The New England Conservatory of Music

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Description:

This course will look at how some of the major thinkers of the western tradition have dealt with fundamental philosophical questions: both those they inherited and those they created. This course will take us from the early Greek's conceptions of reality through early modernity's concerns with what we can know about reality. We will also examine the ways in which each thinker's ethics, theory of knowledge, etc., are related to one another. (2 credits) Breese

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2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

necmusic.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 585-1100

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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