PHL 412 Contemporary Philosophy
Chronologically the last in the history of philosophy course sequence, it covers philosophy after Kant (d. 1804) through the major ideas and figures of the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on several key traditions of philosophy that emerge--especially the Continental or Phenomenological and the Analytic traditions. In addition to a proper historical overview and contextualization of this period of contemporary philosophy, select key figures, positions, and arguments are examined, spanning many distinct but related philosophical topics (e.g., metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, the philosophy of language, philosophical methodology, the philosophy of mind, etc.)