C-ID Descriptor
History of Modern Philosophy

Eligibility for College Composition (C-ID ENGL 100)

Sixteenth through Eighteenth century philosophy with emphasis on broad epistemological and/or metaphysical developments in Primary Texts from Descartes to Kant and may include approximate precursors and successors.

Reading Philosophical Texts Critically

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate mastery of critical philosophical skills to present accurately and to interpret the positions of 16^th to 18^th century philosophers, based on readings of their primary texts.
2. Critically analyze and evaluate arguments, assumptions, principles, and methods of 16^th through 18^th century philosophers.

Written work such as formal essays, research papers, term papers, exams, and quizzes

Reading materials must include strong representation of primary texts.  Primary texts should be drawn from such readings as:

Descartes, Discourse on Method

Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy

Leibniz, Discourse on Metaphysics

Leibniz, Monadology

Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge

Berkeley, Three Dialogues

Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Locke, Two Treatises of Government

Spinoza, Ethics

Hobbes, Leviathan

Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Rousseau, The Social Contract

Kant, Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

Kant, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals