Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PHL 219 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy (3 Cr.)

(GEN. ED. #4)
Study of Kant’s epistemology, Hegel’s phenomenology, and philosophy of history to show new confidence in reason; Nietzsche’s and Kierkegaard’s responses and the subsequent crisis in confidence in reason, and the loss of absolute values that give rise to the issues of modern life. Readings include Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Hegel’s “Preface” to Phenomenology of Spirit, Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals, and Kierkegaard’s The Concept of Anxiety and Repetition. Influence of these works on psychology, social science, religion, and ethics. Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. Rose.