ClassInfo - Fall 2018 Philosophy Classes

Fall 2018 | PHIL 8110 Section 001: Seminar: Metaphysics (20254)

Instructor(s): David Taylor
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

09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018

Wed 04:00PM - 06:30PM

UMTC, West Bank

Walter W Heller Hall 830
Enrollment Status:: Open (1 of 13 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Fall 2023

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?
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