Overview
Description
Selected problems concerning human nature and reality, e.g., mind and body, freedom and determinism, space and time, God, causality.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- state a thesis about a problem in metaphysics, and provide evidence and philosophical argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
- interpret at an introductory level the ideas associated with major philosophers and metaphysical theories.
- distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize relevant logical relationships and patterns of inference.
- show what is at stake in an abstract philosophical debate about metaphysics, and indicate how different metaphysical theories have different practical and theoretical implications.