PHIL 104. Topics in Metaphysics

Traditional metaphysical issues about God, Freedom, and Immortality raise specific issues about, among others, causation, modality, and personal identity, as well as some more general, no less challenging problems of ontology and its categories. The metaphysicians include Parmenides and Heraclitus (change), Plato and Aristotle (reality), Anselm and Aquinas (God), Descartes and Locke (selves), and our contemporaries Kripke and Lewis’62 (modality), Jon Shaffer and Karen Bennett (ontology).
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
Humanities.
2 credits.
Catalog chapter: Philosophy
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/philosophy

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