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A History of Western Intellectual Thought

A History of Western Intellectual Thought

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This course traces the key milestones in Western intellectual history from the Greeks and their predecessors to the modern day. It is a journey into the origins of ideas which continue to influence modern thinking, and an examination of the intellectual achievements of Western civilisation. The course covers all the main developments in the key areas of western intellectual development. Over 30 study weeks in sections over 100 lessons are covered from Pythagaros to Proust, from Socrates to Stravinsky, from Plato to Popper no thread of Western thought is left unexamined. This a major project in examining the origins, inspiration and legacy of Western intellectual thought.

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36 sections•96 lessons
The Dawn of Reason (Pre-Socratics)4 lessons
  1. 1From Mythos to Logos: The Ionian Revolution
  2. 2The Maths of Reality: Pythagoras and the Harmony of the Spheres
  3. 3Flux and Permanence: Heraclitus vs. Parmenides
  4. 4The Pluralists and Atomists: Empedocles and Democritus
The Birth of Philosophy: Socrates and the Sophists3 lessons
  1. 1The Sophists: Relativism and Rhetoric
  2. 2Socrates: The Gadfly of Athens
  3. 3Virtue and Knowledge: Socratic Legacy
Plato: The World of Forms3 lessons
  1. 1Plato’s Theory of Forms
  2. 2The Ideal State: Plato’s Republic
  3. 3Plato’s Legacy: Influence and Critique
Aristotle: Logic, Science, and Ethics4 lessons
  1. 1Aristotle’s Logic and Scientific Method
  2. 2Nature and Change: Physics and Metaphysics
  3. 3The Good Life: Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics
  4. 4Aristotle’s Legacy: Influence on Science and Philosophy
Hellenistic Philosophies: Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Scepticism3 lessons
  1. 1Stoicism: Reason and Nature
  2. 2Epicureanism: Pleasure and the Good Life
  3. 3Scepticism and the Limits of Knowledge
Rome: Law, Governance, and Early Christianity3 lessons
  1. 1Roman Law and the Idea of Citizenship
  2. 2Roman Political Thought: Cicero and the Republic
  3. 3The Rise of Christianity and the Church Fathers
Late Antiquity and the Preservation of Knowledge4 lessons
  1. 1The Fall of Rome and the Christianisation of Europe
  2. 2Byzantium: The Eastern Roman Intellectual Tradition
  3. 3The Islamic Golden Age: Transmission and Transformation
  4. 4Jewish Intellectual Contributions: Maimonides and Beyond
The Medieval Synthesis: Faith and Reason3 lessons
  1. 1Scholasticism: Method and Debate
  2. 2Thomas Aquinas: Synthesis of Faith and Reason
  3. 3Medieval Science and Natural Philosophy
Renaissance Humanism and the Rebirth of Learning4 lessons
  1. 1Humanism: Rediscovery of the Classics
  2. 2Erasmus and the Critique of Authority
  3. 3Machiavelli: Realism and Political Thought
  4. 4The Printing Press and the Spread of Ideas
The Reformation and Religious Upheaval3 lessons
  1. 1Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
  2. 2Calvin, Zwingli, and the Spread of Reform
  3. 3Counter-Reformation and Catholic Renewal
The Scientific Revolution: New Ways of Knowing4 lessons
  1. 1Copernicus and the Heliocentric Revolution
  2. 2Galileo, Kepler, and the Laws of Nature
  3. 3Bacon, Descartes, and the Scientific Method
  4. 4Newton and the Mathematical Universe
The Enlightenment: Reason, Rights, and Progress3 lessons
  1. 1The Age of Reason: Rationalism and Empiricism
  2. 2The Encyclopédie and the Republic of Letters
  3. 3The Rights of Man: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
Enlightenment Politics and Society3 lessons
  1. 1The Social Contract: Hobbes, Locke, and the State of Nature
  2. 2Separating Powers: Montesquieu and the Spirit of Laws
  3. 3The General Will: Rousseau and the Foundations of Modern Republicanism
Kant and the Critique of Reason3 lessons
  1. 1Kant’s Copernican Revolution in Philosophy
  2. 2Ethics and Autonomy: Kant’s Moral Philosophy
  3. 3Kant’s Legacy: German Idealism and Beyond
Romanticism and the Reaction to Reason3 lessons
  1. 1The Romantic Imagination: Art, Nature, and Emotion
  2. 2German Idealism: Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel
  3. 3The Birth of Aesthetics: Beauty and the Arts
Revolutions in Society: 19th Century Political Thought4 lessons
  1. 1Utilitarianism: Bentham and Mill
  2. 2Marx and Historical Materialism
  3. 3Nationalism, Liberalism, and Conservatism
  4. 4Feminism and the Struggle for Equality
Science, Evolution, and the Modern Worldview3 lessons
  1. 1Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
  2. 2The Rise of the Social Sciences
  3. 3Nietzsche: Critique of Morality and the Death of God
Modernism in Art, Literature, and Music4 lessons
  1. 1Modernist Literature: Proust, Joyce, and Woolf
  2. 2Modernism in Art: Picasso, Kandinsky, and Abstraction
  3. 3Music in the Modern Age: Stravinsky and Schoenberg
  4. 4The Avant-Garde and the Challenge to Tradition
The Birth of Psychology and the Unconscious3 lessons
  1. 1Freud and the Discovery of the Unconscious
  2. 2Jung, Adler, and the Expansion of Depth Psychology
  3. 3Psychology and Society: Behaviourism and Beyond
Logic, Language, and the Vienna Circle3 lessons
  1. 1Logical Positivism and the Verification Principle
  2. 2Wittgenstein: Language, Meaning, and Philosophy
  3. 3Popper and the Philosophy of Science
Existentialism: Freedom, Angst, and Authenticity4 lessons
  1. 1Kierkegaard and the Leap of Faith
  2. 2Heidegger: Being and Time
  3. 3Sartre, Camus, and the Absurd
  4. 4Simone de Beauvoir and Existential Feminism
Postwar Thought: Ethics, Politics, and Society3 lessons
  1. 1Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil
  2. 2Rawls, Nozick, and Justice in the Modern State
  3. 3Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School
Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodernism4 lessons
  1. 1Structuralism: Saussure, Levi-Strauss, and Language
  2. 2Foucault: Power, Knowledge, and Discourse
  3. 3Derrida and Deconstruction
  4. 4Lyotard, Baudrillard, and the Postmodern Condition
Contemporary Science and Technology3 lessons
  1. 1The Information Age: Computers and the Internet
  2. 2Genetics, Neuroscience, and the New Biology
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Thought
Globalisation, Multiculturalism, and Identity3 lessons
  1. 1Theories of Globalisation
  2. 2Multiculturalism and the Politics of Recognition
  3. 3Postcolonial Thought and the Western Canon
Contemporary Ethics and Political Philosophy4 lessons
  1. 1Bioethics: Life, Death, and Technology
  2. 2Environmental Ethics and the Anthropocene
  3. 3Justice, Rights, and Global Citizenship
  4. 4The Future of Western Thought
Course Review and Synthesis4 lessons
  1. 1Tracing the Legacy: Enduring Ideas and Institutions
  2. 2Applying Intellectual History: Contemporary Relevance
  3. 3Final Assessment and Reflection
  4. 4Emily Dickinson - American Poet and Literary Icon
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                1. 1Contemporary Women Thinkers
                2. 2Contemporary Black and Minority Tinkers
                3. 3The Scottish Enlightenment

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