PHI 363 - Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology

Department: Philosophy

Description: Detailed examination of selected issues in contemporary metaphysics and epistemology.

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: PHI 201

Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

New Course Catalog Information Effective 05-19-2025

'300-Level for Graduate Credit' to be removed and will no longer apply.

Current Offerings

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Fall 2025

001 - Lecture (In Person): M W 3:35 PM - 4:50 PM , David Sanson 3.00 hour(s)

Dates: 08/18/2025 - 12/06/2025

Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 227A (STV 227A)

Instructor: David Sanson

Class Notes: COURSE TITLE: Opposition & Opposites COURSE DESCRIPTION: Opposition is a pervasive feature of human thought and, perhaps, reality itself. In this class, we will explore several puzzles and problems related to opposition both in relation to how we think and speak, and in relation to reality itself. Specific topics will include: contraries and contradictories; the law of noncontradiction; identity and distinctness; the division of objects into parts; time and change; negation in natural language; criticisms of binary conceptual schemes, including feminist critiques of formal logic and Derridian deconstruction; classical and nonclassical negation.

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.