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Fall 2023 | PHIL 8110 Section 001: Seminar: Metaphysics (32142)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 731
- Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 20 seats filled)
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Fall 2018 | PHIL 8110 Section 001: Seminar: Metaphysics (20254)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 830
- Enrollment Status:
Open (1 of 13 seats filled)
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- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics vary by offering. prereq: 4101 or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- This seminar will be concerned with the phenomenon of indeterminacy - cases in which there is simply no fact of the matter. Borderline cases of vague predicates provide paradigm examples of indeterminacy. But there are plenty of other (putative) examples across a wide range of subject matter including personal identity, reference, translation, moral responsibility, causation, and quantum superposition. Questions to be addressed in the seminar include: What is the source of indeterminacy? Specifically, is it a product of how we represent the world or an objective feature of the world itself? What sorts of revisions to classical logic and semantics (if any) are required to accommodate indeterminacy in our language? Are there different types of indeterminacy? What is the relationship between vagueness and indeterminacy? Can indeterminacy be reduced or analyzed in more fundamental terms? How does indeterminacy relate to various theories of truth and representation? Is the very idea of indeterminacy somehow confused or incoherent?
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20254/1189
Fall 2017 | PHIL 8110 Section 001: Seminar: Metaphysics (17416)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 731
- Also Offered:
Fall 2016 | PHIL 8110 Section 001: Seminar: Metaphysics (18147)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 731
- Also Offered:
Fall 2015 | PHIL 8110 Section 001: Seminar: Metaphysics (33903)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 731
- Also Offered:
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