Oct 09, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog, Volume 82 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog, Volume 82 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PHIL - 420. American Philosophy


3 credit(s)
This course will introduce students to the diverse intellectual traditions that have contributed to the development of American philosophy over the past three centuries, including influences that have been somewhat neglected: the American Indian thought of Parker and Zitkala-Sa; the Puritan theology of Jonathan Edwards; the political theory of Paine and Jefferson; the African- American philosophy of DuBois and Locke; the transcendentalism of Emerson and Thoreau; the “classical” pragmatism of Peirce and James; the “radical” pragmatism of Dewey and Addams. Special attention will be given to American conceptions of justice, freedom, democracy, religiosity, nature, pragmatism, progress, and self-reliance.

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101  or PHIL 103 .
Attribute: AMSC, ARTS, CFH, PHY



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