Modern Philosophy Course
This Modern Philosophy Course guides you from Descartes to Nietzsche, building skills in close reading, argument analysis, research, and critical writing. It equips humanities professionals with sharper critical thinking for persuasive scholarly work, ending with a portfolio project on comparative analysis using primary and secondary texts.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
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What will I learn?
Discover key modern philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche through close reading, argument reconstruction, and note-taking. Develop research skills to locate and cite reliable sources, culminating in a portfolio project that hones comparative analysis, critical writing, and confident handling of primary and secondary texts.
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Develop skills
- Analyze modern philosophers: quickly map key ideas from Descartes to Nietzsche.
- Evaluate knowledge claims: apply skepticism, empiricism, and Kant’s critical method.
- Interpret primary texts: use close reading to extract arguments and core theses.
- Use scholarly sources: find, assess, and cite top-tier philosophy research fast.
- Craft comparative essays: build clear, concise arguments across multiple thinkers.
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