PHIL 208 - Metaphysics

Next Offered: 2009-2010
Semester Offered: Seocnd Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, WR

A survey of some central issues in metaphysics, such as: Is truth always relative to a conceptual scheme? Are there such things as numbers, and if so, what sorts of things are they? What does it mean to say that something is possible, or is necessarily so? How is it that objects persist over time and through changes? Do objects have their parts necessarily? Readings will be from a variety of sources; requirements will be in the form of papers. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Instructor: M. Thomson-Jones
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Three hours in philosophy.