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PHIL 220 - Metaphysics

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Metaphysics is the philosophical study of the nature of reality. In this course, we will examine a number of interlocking metaphysical issues. Are there in reality only particular things, or are there universals–essences that many different things may have in common? What endows a thing with its identity, rendering it different from other things? Is the natural order mere happenstance, or does some kind of necessity make it hang together the way it does? Is an experience a private affair, discernible only by the one who has it? And what is the subject, self, or ego? Does it exist, or is it some kind of illusion? Are we capable of discovering the answers to these questions? Do such questions even have answers? What, ultimately, is the status of metaphysics itself? Mr. Winblad.

Prerequisite(s): one unit of philosophy or permission of the instructor.



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