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PHL 4060 Metaphysics
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Metaphysics is that branch of philosophy which investigates the nature of reality in general. It studies being precisely as being. For some philosophers, this means that metaphysics seeks to understand the fundamental explanatory principles of being as well as the most general categories of being and the relations that hold among them. Other philosophers see metaphysics as concerned with the characterization of the fundamental conceptual scheme by which we understand the universe. In either case, metaphysics considers such topics as the nature of universals and of concrete particulars; necessity and possibility; the nature of time; change and an individual's persistence through change; causality; abstract entities such as properties, kinds, relations, propositions and states of affairs; and finite and infinite being. This course considers the contributions of both classical and contemporary philosophers to the investigation of such topics. Note: This course fulfills Objective 4c of the University Core Curriculum. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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