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Class number:
2688
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Title: The Myth of Reason |
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Department: Humanities Gateway |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 13 |
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Available seats: 6 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: R: 1:30PM-4:10PM, LSC - 135 |
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Instructor(s): Ewegen, Shane |
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Prerequisite(s): Only students in the Humanities Gateway Program are allowed to enroll in this course. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
Beginning with certain ancient Greek and Roman texts, the role of reason as a tool by which to rid the human mind of its epistemological prejudices, and its political bondage, will be explored. We will then examine certain texts from the pre-modern and modern periods in which the power of reason is hypertrophied. Then, we will turn to certain post-modern thinkers who call into question the power and legitimacy of reason. |