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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0154-313-001 |
| Instructor: | Shawn Kaplan |
| Days: | Tuesday Thursday 10:50 am - 12:05 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Blodgett Hall 207 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Students engage in philosophical debates that emerged during the 18th century European Enlightenment including: the nature of human enlightenment and how to resolve the conflict between religious or political authority and the newly claimed authority of an individual’s enlightened reason. Philosophers read include: Hume, Kant, Diderot and Adam Smith. (Distribution Reqs:Humanities) |
| Learning Goals: |
Students will:• Develop their critical thinking and interpretive skills for analyzing and evaluating arguments in general• Develop their capacity for abstract thought • Develop their capacity for spoken and written self-expression• Demonstrate an understanding of the 18th Century debates on what is enlightenment.• Demonstrate an understanding of the 18th Century debates on whether enlightenment is a cause of either revolution or societal conflict.• Demonstrate an understanding of the 18th Century debates on the relationship between enlightenment and human progress.• Demonstrate an understanding of the positions and supporting arguments of leading enlightenment philosophers (e.g. Hume, Kant, Voltaire and Diderot) on the limits and grounds of human knowledge as concerns nature, ethics, and religion. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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