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Dec 26, 2024
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PHIL 441 - Metaphysics (3 units)
Theories concerning the nature of reality, such as materialism, Platonism, essentialism and anti-realism, and topics such as mind, space, time and causality.
Prerequisite(s): 6 credits of philosophy.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. state a thesis about a central problem in metaphysics, and provide evidence and argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
2. explain and interpret the ideas associated with philosophical theories in the contemporary literature in metaphysics.
3. distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize conceptual relationships and patterns of inference (in contemporary metaphysical theories).
4. show what is at stake in abstract debates in metaphysics, and indicate how positions in these debates might have practical implications.
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