Social Sciences Department
De La Salle University - Dasmariņas
Dasmariņas, Cavite
Syllabus
SY 1999-2000
I. Subject Code: Phlo 108
II. Subject title: Modern Philosophy
III. Course Description:
This course provides a synthetic vision of the history of modern philosophy, from an analytical perspective. It is necessarily selective, but this would identify the principal figures, and the principal intellectual preoccupations, that have formed western philosophy since Descartes. Thus, it is inevitable to explore the historical conditions and the currents of influence which led from Hobbes to Spinoza, from Malebrance to Berkley, from Rousseau to Kant, and from Schopenhauer to Wittgeinstein.
IV. Credit: Three (3) Units
V. Objectives
Cognitive:
Analyze the rise of modern philosophy that gave birth to a new form of philosophizing in the 19th and 20th century.
Affective:
Appreciate the multi-diversity of ideas in discovering the truth.
Psychomotor:
Develop a critical open-mindedness to apply real-life situation a what you called "synthesis of knowledge"
VI. Content Outline
- History of philosophy and History of Ideas
- The rise of modern Philosophy
Preliminary Period
Part Two:
Midterm Examinations
Part Four:
Final Examinations
Grading System
1. Attendance 10%
2. Recitation/Paper 30%
3. Quizzes 30%
4. Major Exam 30%
Total: 100%
Major Reference:
Prepared by:
Dr. Jing Reyes, Ph.D.