Metaphysics

Phil. 181

Metaphysics

Metaphysicians ask fundamental questions concerning the general nature of the world. Instead of the "pop" metaphysics seen in bookstores [with a focus on the occult, flying saucers, or contacting dead relatives], we will focus on topics of central concern to academic philosophers, such as the nature of consciousness, personal identity, time, change, and universals. Our course will be an introductory survey of the major areas of academic, metaphysics. Phil. 131 is a metaphysics course, but it is devoted to a single topic: religion. Phil. 153 also is a metaphysics course, but it too covers a single topic: mind.
Syllabus: Click here.


Phil. 181 Metaphysics


	Metaphysicians ask fundamental questions concerning the general nature of the world. Instead of the "pop" metaphysics seen in bookstores [with a focus on the occult, flying saucers, or contacting dead relatives], we will focus on topics of central concern to academic philosophers, such as the nature of consciousness, personal identity, time, change, and universals. Our course will be an introductory survey of the major areas of academic, metaphysics. Phil. 131 is a metaphysics course, but it is devoted to a single topic: religion. Phil. 153 also is a metaphysics course, but it too covers a single topic: mind. Syllabus: Click here.