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Laurence A Bonjour
PHIL 456
Seattle Campus
Examination of such topics as freedom of the will, the nature of persons and personal identity, the existence of God, time, necessary truth, and universals. The emphases vary from year to year.
Class description
This course will consider many of the most central topics in metaphysics, including: (1) identity through change; (2) possible worlds; (3) the nature of causation; (4) agency, free will, and events; (5) space and time; and (6) universals and particulars. We will work thorough Lowe’s valuable text, adding additional readings on some of the central topics. Written work will consist of several short papers (or an optional term paper) plus a final examination.
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