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24.01 Classics of Western Philosophy

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Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR11 (32-141) Recitation: F10 (26-142) or F11 (24-112) or F12 (24-112) or F1 (66-156)

Introduction to Western philosophical tradition through the study of selected major thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche and Marx. Emphasis on changes of intellectual outlook over time, and the complex interplay of scientific, religious and political concerns that influence the development of philosophical ideas.
S. Haslanger
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