PHI 393-01 - Advanced Studies: Descartes and Cartesianism

4 credits (Fall)

This course will examine Descartes’ philosophical system, paying particular attention to his metaphysics, epistemology, and how they lay the groundwork for his physics. We will begin with The World and Treatise on Man, and then spend the bulk of the semester doing an in-depth reading of The Principles. The course will end with readings from and about several of his earliest followers.

Prerequisite: PHI 233.
Instructor: Nyden