PHIL 2600 - Philosophy of Human Nature

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.

The course provides an exploration of human nature and personhood from the triple perspectives of philosophy, religion and behavioral science in a historical and cultural context. The class focuses on the following thinkers and movements: Plato’s idealism and Hinduism, Aristotle’s realism, early and medieval Christianity, Renaissance and Enlightenment thought, Marxism, Freud, existentialism, Frankl’s logotherapy, Skinner, Fromm’s humanism, Darwinian theories and personalism. Major thinkers from Plato and Aristotle to the present day are covered. CTW, GDC