Course Subject Code
PH
Course Number
204
Course Long Title
American Philosophy
Status
Active
Division
Humanities
Department
Unit(s)
1
Schedule Type
Block Seminar
Instruction Mode
Traditional
Grade Modes
Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit
Course Attributes
CLAI
Course Description
An exploration of the philosophical thought of American philosophers, focusing on those associated with transcendentalism and pragmatism, with an emphasis on their conceptions of nature, the construction of truth, and their theories of individualism. Thinkers to be read can include Emerson, Thoreau, Pierce, James, Dewey, Whitehead, Mead, Santayana, Rorty, and Cavell.
Programs
PH204 is a completion requirement for: