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PHIL 284Great Works: Modern

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Philosophy

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

A historical survey of modern philosophy in the Western tradition.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001369113 / 30MW 14:30–15:50

Reviewed on UW Flow

75% liked it67% easy81% useful

From 4 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • It's your standard Descartes-Kantian-Spinoza-white-men-from-1800s-review. Great if you're just getting into philosophy... incredibly dull if you're already familiar.

    Sep 2022 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Stay for Machiavelli; Leibniz sucks

    Apr 2020 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Wonderful course. Covered the Modern period of philosophy (c. 1550 - 1800) with focuses on epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and political philosophy. Deep interesting readings. Would definitely recommend.

    Mar 2017 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention PHIL 284, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2019

Can more new grads post their undergrad stats please? 26 points, 64 comments

“They're fun to read.”

u/Scryfish: “Lets go Program: 3-year general Geography (computing option) Highest grade: 86 in GEOG187 Lowest grade: 60 in GEOG387 and GEOG293 CGPA: 73 Favorite elective: phil284 Least favorite elective: CS200 Number of courses dropped: 2 Coops: 5 ottawa (geo) TO (qa) TO (data platforms) 2x …”

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Winter 2019

How much do you pay for missed notes? 1 point, 8 comments

“I have an illness that stops me from taking good notes and being able to attend class a lot;i was too late to sign up for a note takerwith AS for this term. …”

u/lostsiberian: “which classes? maybe somebody here can help you out”

u/uwstudent14736: “… PHIL 251 and 284! I'm not sure if there are multiple profs for each course, but i think the the future assignments are specific to each prof - so i would love to find someone who may be in the same class. …”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… PHIL 220J PHIL 221 PHIL 226 PHIL 240 PHIL 247W PHIL 251 PHIL 256 PHIL 258 PHIL 265 PHIL 283 PHIL 284 PHIL 319J PHIL 320 PHIL 327 PHIL 329 PHIL 340 PHIL 356 PHIL 371 PHIL 420 PHIL 459 PHIL 482 PHIL 498 PHIL 670 PHIL 673 PHIL 675 PHIL 680A PHIL 696 PHIL 698 PHIL 699 PHS 601 PHS …”

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