PHIL 32. Philosophy and the Rise of Modern Science (4 units)
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Description
Beginning with the contrast between medieval and early modern thought, the course focuses on the relation of seventeenth-century philosophy and the emergence of modern natural science. Figures to be studied may include Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Cavendish, Hobbes, Leibniz, and Newton.
Prerequisite courses
PHIL 32 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
PHIL 32 is a prerequisite of the following 1 courses: