Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis course provides a historical introduction to major philosophical systems and ideas from the modern period (starting around 1500) to the present day. The primary focus will be on key thinkers from Descartes to Kant. Topics covered include empiricism, rationalism, idealism, skepticism, the limits of knowledge, the nature of reality, and arguments for and against the existence of God. The course will also include some discussion of post-Kantian philosophy. 