PHILOS 100CHistory of Modern Philosophy, 1650 to 1800
Philosophy · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Courses 100A, 100B, and 100C should be taken in immediately successive terms if possible. Survey of development of metaphysics and theory of knowledge from 1650 to 1800, including Locke and/or Berkeley, Malebranche and/or Leibniz, and culminating in Hume and Kant. Topics may include views of these (and perhaps other) philosophers of the period on mind and body, causality, existence of God, skepticism, empiricism, limits of human knowledge, and philosophical foundations of modern science.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: one philosophy course. Strongly recommended requisite: course 100B.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHILOS 100C
- PHILOS 100BMedieval and Early Modern Philosophy
- PHILOS 100AHistory of Greek Philosophy
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