Western Philosophy

Philosophy

• Greek Philosophy A comprehensive introduction to Plato and the intellectual world he inhabited. Covers Pre-Socratic influences, Socrates, Plato's life and method, his major philosophical ideas (metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, the soul and love), key dialogues, and his lasting legacy.
• Aristotle & Hellenistic Philosophy From Aristotle through Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Skepticism to the transition to Late Antiquity
• Islamic & Jewish Philosophy Preservation, innovation, and transmission: how Greek philosophy traveled through Islamic and Jewish thinkers to reshape the world
• Christian Medieval Philosophy From Neoplatonism through Scholasticism to the Renaissance — how Christian thinkers synthesized Greek, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy into new systems of thought, culminating in the transition to modernity.
• Early Modern Philosophy: Rationalism & Empiricism From the Scientific Revolution through the rationalist-empiricist debate to Enlightenment political philosophy. How modern thinkers rebuilt philosophy from the ground up.
• Kant & the Critical Turn From the awakening from dogmatic slumber through the three Critiques to German Idealism. How Kant revolutionized philosophy by asking what we can know, what we should do, and what we may hope.
• 19th Century Philosophy: From Hegel to Nietzsche Explores the major philosophical movements of the 19th century, from Hegel's dialectical idealism through Marx's materialism, utilitarianism, Schopenhauer's pessimism, Kierkegaard's existential beginnings, Nietzsche's radical critique, and American pragmatism.
• 20th Century Philosophy: From Husserl to Rawls The 20th century's philosophical revolution — from analytic philosophy and phenomenology through existentialism, philosophy of science, critical theory, and political philosophy. Covers the analytic-continental divide, its key figures, and its unfinished questions.