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PHIL 251 Metaphysics Units: 3.00
Metaphysics is the attempt to uncover the most general structure of reality. This course is an introduction to metaphysical topics such as the nature of time and space, universals vs. particulars, possibility and necessity, and the nature of causation. These issues will be examined from both historical and contemporary perspectives; ways in which the purview of metaphysics has expanded over time will emerge.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (A minimum GPA of 2.00 in 6.0 units of PHIL) or (a minimum grade of B- in 3.0 units of PHIL).
Exclusion PHIL 250/6.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Integrate content from the course readings and in-class discussions to produce a portfolio of work that reveals an increasingly sophisticated understanding of metaphysics that approximately tracks the progression of the course in real time.
- Communicate their assimilation of a reasonable subset of the course readings and in-class discussions via organized, cogent prose.
- Support and enhance the learning of their peers via oral contributions to discussions, active listening, or other means provided or required by the syllabus.
- Reconstruct arguments from the philosophical texts being studied and raise interpretive questions about or accurately targeted objections to those arguments, in written or oral forms as required by the syllabus, at an intermediate level.