Philosophy 155
Fall 2013
Number | Title | Instructor | Days/time | Room |
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155 | Medieval Philosophy | Crockett | MWF 1-2 | 110 Wheeler |
As taught this semester, this course satisfies the 160-187 (but not the 160-178) requirement for the major.
This course will be a study of some of the major philosophical texts from the Medieval Period with a focus on issues in metaphysics and epistemology. Special attention will be paid to the ways in which the philosophers in this period assimilate Aristotelian and Platonic philosophy into religious thought and how they anticipate certain aspects of modern philosophy. Topics will include the nature of universals, individuation, the nature and existence of God, faith and reason, skepticism, freedom, human nature and human cognition.