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PHIL 100 - Great Works in the History of Philosophy

This course is an introduction to several of the most important philosophers in the history of thought. The thinkers covered in this course have heavily shaped the customary philosophic tradition and brought forth issues that are still debated today. This course will touch upon several great philosophers and their historical contexts, the topics they inserted into the greater philosophical discourse and how these topics have been approached in the modern era. Some of the thinkers looked at will include Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Confucious, Hume, the Nyaya-Sutras, and Locke. Along with Western philosophers, we will also study the thought of non-Western philosophers. Our goal is to understand the significance of their contributions to philosophy as we know it today while touching upon some of their more recent interlocutors to understand the extent to which they have shaped this academic discipline.
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