The 20th century saw many seismic shifts in the theories of science, many of which had profound philosophical implications, challenging our very idea of what we can know about the world. This course looks at the scientific revolutions of the 20th century, and how they posed new philosophical questions for how...
The 20th century saw many seismic shifts in the theories of science, many of which had profound philosophical implications, challenging our very idea of what we can know about the world. This course looks at the scientific revolutions of the 20th century, and how they posed new philosophical questions for how we think about the world. We will cover topics such...
This was a golden age for the novel form, with writers such as the Brontes, Charles Dickens and George Eliot, as well as many others, some now largely forgotten. Later, the Victorian Age (1837-1901) also proved fertile ground as a setting for historical novels.Borrowing from Charles Dickens, one could say,...
This was a golden age for the novel form, with writers such as the Brontes, Charles Dickens and George Eliot, as well as many others, some now largely forgotten. Later, the Victorian Age (1837-1901) also proved fertile ground as a setting for historical novels.Borrowing from Charles Dickens, one could say, “It was the best of times, it was the worst...