History of Philosophy: 19th Century Continental
Philosophy · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Where PHIL-2004 counts
Counts toward 5 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course examines a limited but representative selection of Continental philosophers and themes from the 19th and 20th centuries. The philosophers may include such figures as Hegel, Schopenhauer, Comte, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Bergson. Possible themes are the idea of historical development, the competing claims of the sciences and the humanities, the attack on reason and objectivity, the assertion of the primacy of the will, and the analysis of the human condition.
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.