AP/PHIL3030 3.0 A: Metaphysics
Offered by: PHIL
Session
Fall 2020
Term
F
Format
LECT
Instructor
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
Metaphysics concerns such issues as the nature of reality, the existence of contingent and necessary truths, universals, perception and the nature of the external world. Prerequisite: At least one of AP/PHIL 2110 3.00, AP/PHIL 2080 3.00 or AP/PHIL 2170 3.00. Course credit exclusion: GL/PHIL 3985 3.00.
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Professor D. Macarthur
djmc@yorku.ca
Metaphysics concerns such issues as the nature of reality, the existence of contingent and necessary truths, universals, perception and the nature of the external world. This course will represent an historical introduction to questions in metaphysics from the ancient Greeks to the 20th century.
Metaphysics: The Big Questions, 2nd Edition Peter van Inwagen (Editor), Dean W. Zimmerman (Editor) ISBN: 978-1-405-12586-4 February 2008 Wiley-Blackwell.
There will be one mid-term assignment for 40% of the term’s grade. At the end of the term each student will hand in (on-line) a paper on a subject related to the course worth 40% of the terms grade. There is also a final assignment test worth 20% of the term’s grade.
The class will be presented in lecture format, three hours a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays 1PM to 2:30PM. Office hours are Tuesday 2:30 via Moodle Message and Zoom. Communication via Moodle Message is preferred.
A general familiarity with the main themes in Metaphysics from the classical period until today.
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No examinations or tests collectively worth more than 20% of the final grade in a course will be given during the final 14 calendar days of classes in a term. The exceptions to the rule are classes which regularly meet Friday evenings or on Saturday and/or Sunday at any time, and courses offered in the compressed summer terms. - Academic Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
