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Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy

Research

History of Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Art, History of Metaphysics & Philosophy of Mind, History of Theories of Emotions, Feminist Approaches to the History of Philosophy.

PHIL 102 - Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality

An introduction to the classical problems of philosophy through study and critical discussion of selected philosophical classics and contemporary works. Emphasis will be placed on questions of the nature and extent of human knowledge and classic problems about the nature of reality and our place in it.

PHIL 240 - Descartes to Hume

A survey of Philosophy in the 17th- and 18th centuries. Philosophers studied may include Descartes, Leibniz, Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.

PHIL 442 - Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophy

Topics concerning the early modern philosophical tradition. Prerequisite: At least *6 in PHIL, *3 of which must be at the 200-level, or consent of Department

PHIL 546 - Topics in Modern Philosophy

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