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PHIL 307 — Rationalism

Philosophy and Classics · University of Ghana

Addresses the legacy of the seventeenth century European Enlightenment and its antecedents in the Abbasid Empire, when the reliance upon the individual‘s systematic reasoning to understand the world took precedence over appeal to authority of ancient texts. The seminal influences of Ibn Al-Haythem, René Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz, Spinoza and others will be introduced.

Credits
3
Level
Level 300

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).