2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PHL 230 Philosophies of History


3 credits

This course will examine select conceptual issues that arise from philosophical engagements with history. Issues of consideration may include whether historical developments are contingent or necessary, whether history unfolds through a continuous and unified evolution or a series of discontinuous ruptures, or whether there is a single and total “History” or fractured and multiple histories. Topics of consideration may include the role truth, fiction, and interpretation play in historiography, the role history plays in shaping our sense of place and identity, or the potential uses and abuses to which history might be put in transforming our lives.

Prerequisite(s): PHL 100  or PHL 151  



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