phi3dtk descartes to kant

DESCARTES TO KANT

PHI3DTK

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Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject will discuss the questions, problems, and issues that preoccupied philosophers in the 17th-and 18th-centuries. What is the nature of our world, and how do we know about it? Are there limits to what our senses can tell us about the world? What is the relation between mind and body? Is there an objective basis for moral and political obligation? This is a period with much interaction between science and philosophy, and whose core ideas influenced subsequent metaphysics and epistemology, as well as ethics and political philosophy. Students will grapple with the ideas of at least four of the following philosophers of the period--Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant--and can expect to read original texts those thinkers wrote, and exchanges between them and critics such as Princess Elizabeth and Mary Astell. In discussing these exchanges we will also raise questions about the historiography of this period of philosophy, including the maleness and whiteness of philosophy and science, and the relationships between dead philosophers and contemporary thinking.

SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorYuri Cath

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Available as ElectiveYes

Learning Activitiesclass discussion and class preparation; reading logs, essay writing.

Capstone subjectYes

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Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Learn to read and interpret original philosophical texts
02. Grasp the argumentative dialectic between philosophers who disagree on fundamental issues
03. Understand the context in which philosophical ideas during the period arose and reflect on that context.

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