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Metaphysics

There are two versions of this course. The introductory level course focuses on three main topics: (1) time, (2) personal identity, and (3) freedom. The upper-level course focuses on a variety of topics in metaphysics, including, but not limited to, the following: the nature and method of ontology, abstract objects, ontological commitment, temporal ontology, paraphrase, possible worlds, properties, material composition, puzzles associated with material coincidence, death, and time travel.

Videos

• Death, Well-being, and the Difference-Making Principle
• Four Dimensionalism, A Puzzle of Material Coincidence, and the Humanistic Consequences of 4D
• Experience and Non-Present Objects
• Four Theories of Time - An Introduction
• Letting the Child Drown - Moral Indifference in a World of Possible Worlds
• Ontological Commitment and Paraphrase
• The triviality of ontology partially considered: Permissivism about abstracta

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