Faculty Name

Stephen Kellert

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

PHIL

Course Subject

PHIL

Course Number

3380

Course Section

1

Course Title

Concepts of Nature

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2017

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

H, O

Area of Study

ESTD, PHIL

Course Description

Content: An examination of some of the different ways people have thought about the natural world and our relationship to it. Some of the views discussed will be: nature as a mechanism, a divine creation, and a source of values. We will consider multicultural, feminist, and postmodern challenges to the modern scientific conception of nature. Taught: Alternate years. Credits: 4

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