This class is an introduction to the main questions, methods, and figures in the fields of Metaphysics- which is about what is ultimately real. Important topics may include Truthmakers, Properties, Particulars, Composition, Causation, Passage of Time, Persistence, Social Ontology, or Free Will. Questions include: What makes a sentence true? Are feelings, colors, or any attributes at all, real? Do small things (e.g., particles) ever compose a whole (e.g., a human being, a rose bush)? What is causation? What is time? Does anything exist for longer than a moment? What is a social construction (e.g., a garden, a gender, a race, a sport?)? What is free will? What is a comprehensive metaphysical worldview?
Prerequisites
One RPH/PRT course.