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Paris, France - Course Descriptions - Spinoza and Leibniz: Causality, Substance and Ethics

Course Information

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
Number: 236
Language of Instruction: English

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits, 4 quarter credits

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Summary

Explores selected works by Spinoza and Leibniz, situated - along with Descartes - at the 17th-century origins of “Modern Philosophy.” Topics include: causality, the existence and nature of God, modality, substance, necessity and freedom, the nature of the self and its relation to the physical world. Pays particular attention to the historical context in which their thought develops.

Full Description

Explores selected works by Spinoza and Leibniz, situated - along with Descartes - at the 17th-century origins of “Modern Philosophy.” Topics include: causality, the existence and nature of God, modality, substance, necessity and freedom, the nature of the self and its relation to the physical world. Pays particular attention to the historical context in which their thought develops.

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Spinoza and Leibniz: Causality, Substance and Ethics

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