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Philosophy (PHIL)
211 Susan Campbell, 541-346-5547
College of Arts & Sciences
philosophy.uoregon.edu/
9 - Low cost (less than $50) for class textbook materials.
Course Data
  PHIL 311   Hist Phil: Modern >1 4.00 cr.
Survey of European philosophy through Hume, including the work of Descartes, Locke, and Spinoza.
Grading Options: Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
Instructor: Vallega-Neu DE-mailHomepage Office:   240 Susan Campbell Hall
See CRN for CommentsPrereqs/Comments: Prereq: one course from Philosophy.
Course Materials
 
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Lecture

 24123 9 92 1200-1320 mw 32 TYKE Vallega-Neu D !9

Final Exam:

 1015-1215 m 3/20 32 TYKE
 
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 25488 2 23 1100-1150 f 245 STB Dillabough J !

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 25489 6 23 1200-1250 f 107 ESL Dillabough J !

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 25490 1 23 1200-1250 f 233 TYKE Wellborn M !

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 25491 0 23 1300-1350 f 253 STB Wellborn M !
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February 5:   Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
February 26:   Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
February 26:   Change grading option for this course
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Expanded Course Description
Modern Philosophy begins with the scientific revolution and is marked by a radical transformation of how to understand nature and us in relation to nature, which shapes profoundly ways we think still today in the West. We will focus especially on three particularly influential philosophers: Descartes, Hume, and Kant. Close analysis of their writings will be supplemented with lectures and readings of other philosophers, such as Elizabeth of Bohemia, Hobbes, Cavendish, Conway, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Lady Shepherd. Amongst topics we will consider are the nature of the human mind, reason, perception, the senses, the mind-body relation, the relation between mind and nature, what we can know about nature, and the distinction between a mechanistic and vitalist notion of nature. Class time will consist in close reading of text passages, lectures, discussions, reading exercises, and short writing assignments.
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