This is an advanced, reading and discussion intensive course in the history of Arabic and Jewish thought, beginning with highly influential medieval thinkers such as Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā), al-Ghazālī, Al Fārābī, Averroes (Ibn Rushd), and Maimonides, and ending with 20th century philosophers (among them Arendt, Freud and Levinas).
Any 4.5 credits and [and additional 1.5 credits in PHL courses, of which 0.5 credit must be from the History of Philosophy area of focus – see Table 1.0 for reference]