PHIL 2040 - Metaphysics: Identity, Time and Freedom
Career: | Undergraduate |
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Units: | 3 |
Term: | 4220 |
Campus: | North Terrace |
Contact: | Up to 3 hours per week |
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
Available for Non-Award Study: | No |
Pre-Requisite: | At least 6 units of Level I undergraduate study |
Incompatible: | PHIL 2027 |
Assessment: | Major essay 50%, Shorter Essay 35%, Workshop Preparation activities 15% |
Syllabus: |
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that investigates very general questions about the nature of reality, questions that are prior to other scientific investigations. Where physics might tell us how objects move through space and time, metaphysics investigates questions like 'What is the nature of time itself?', 'How do objects continue to exist over time and through change?', 'What is an object?' or even 'What is existence?'. Metaphysics also concerns itself with questions about the relations between different branches of knowledge. For example: 'Is the world entirely physical?', or 'Can human agency be reconciled with the existence of causal laws?' In this course, we will approach some of these issues as they are treated in contemporary analytic philosophy. We focus particularly on the nature of time (including time travel and the significance of relativity theory); the nature of identity (including personal identity, the paradox of change, and the nature of parts and wholes); and the problem of free will. |
Course Fees
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EFTSL | |||
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0.125 |
Course Outline
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Critical Dates
Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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4220 | Mon 08/08/2022 | Wed 17/08/2022 | Fri 16/09/2022 | Fri 28/10/2022 |
Class Details
Enrolment Class: Lecture | |||||||
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Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
29240 | LEC0 | 100 | 29 | This class does not have any timetabled face-to-face sessions. Please check MyUni or contact your Course Coordinator for details. | Note: This lecture is pre-recorded and can be viewed any time after publication in MyUni. Please refer to MyUni for details once enrolled. | ||
Related Class: Workshop | |||||||
Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
24366 | WR02 | 30 | 13 | 4 Aug - 15 Sep | Thursday | 5pm - 6pm | MyUni, OL, Online Class |
6 Oct - 27 Oct | Thursday | 5pm - 6pm | MyUni, OL, Online Class | ||||
24367 | WR01 | 80 | 26 | 4 Aug - 15 Sep | Thursday | 4pm - 5pm | Engineering & Mathematics, EM205, Teaching Room |
6 Oct - 27 Oct | Thursday | 4pm - 5pm | Engineering & Mathematics, EM205, Teaching Room |