By the end of the semester, students should:
1) identify the factors that contributed to the development of modern thought following the decline of medieval scholastic systems;
2) comprehend the interactions between science, philosophy, and theology during the modern period;
3) define the key concepts of this period and analyze the theses of significant authors;
4) critically examine the systems of continental rationalism, English empiricism, and Kantian criticism;
5) read and interpret the works and ideas of prominent authors in Modern Philosophy.