PHIL431 THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
| Course Code: | 2410431 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ŞEREF HALİL TURAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Whilst not uncontroversial,Enlıghtenment thinking has proved a major influence on all subsequent Western thought,whether it saw itself as a continuation of or a reaction to it. The Enlightenment spanned many different countries and thinkers, from the works of Hume to the philosophes, Wollstonecraft and Kant.The twentieth century has seen renewed engagement with Enlightenment ideals, for instance in the work of Adorno but also in that of Foucault and many feminist thinkers. In this course, both eighteenth and twentieth-century perspectives on the Enlightenment will be examined.