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(This information is taken from the Handbook)
 

PHIL2622 - Reality, Time & Possibility: Metaphysics

Undergraduate

Department: School of Philosophy
School: School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
Semester(s): Semester 1
Year(s) offered: 2009
Credit Points: 6
   
Co-ordinator: Dr Kristie Miller
 
 UoS Description: lion

This is a course in metaphysics: the discipline that tells us about the nature of the world. The unit carries on from the Reality component of first year. We use philosophical methods to engage with questions like: What is time? What is space? What are the natures of possibility, freedom and identity? What is a cause, and what is a law of nature? Do we have free will? Does the world really exist - and what does "really" mean?

 UoS Learning Situations: lion

one 2 hour lecture and one 1 hour tutorial per week

 UoS Assessment: lion

one 2000 word essay and one 2500 word exam

 Prerequisites: lion

12 Junior credit points in Philosophy

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