Metaphysics:
Persons and Properties

Philosophy 208

Fall 2009

Contact Information

    Professor: Megan Wallace
    Office: King 120D
    Office Hours: TR 12-1pm, and by appointment
    Office Phone: x56054
    Email:
mwallace@oberlin.edu

Course Information

    Webpage: http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/mwallace/Phil208F09.html
    Where: King 123
    When: MW 7:00-8:15pm

    Course Syllabus
    Course Reading Schedule

Handouts

    Some Logic
    Ship of Theseus
    Some Arguments for Dualism
    Perry on Personal Identity (optional)

Optional Reading

    Modal Realism
    Lebniz's Law, the Indiscernibility of Identicals, and the Identity of Indiscernibles
    Churchland, Paul. Matter and Consciousness , Chapter 2 (on Blackboard)
   
Sider, Theodore. "Four Dimensionalism."

    Philosophy Paper Writing Guidelines
   

Sources

    *Armstrong, D.M. (1989) Universals: An Opinionated Introduction. Wetview Press.
    Campbell, Keith. (1992) Body and Mind. University of Notre Dame Press.

    Churchland,
Paul. (1994) Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind, Revised Edition. MIT Press.
    Conee, Earl and Sider, Theodore. (2005) Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
    *Perry, John. (1978) A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality. Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing Co.
    Perry, John (ed.). (2008) Personal Identity, Second Edition. University of California Press.
    Rea, Michael (ed.). (1997) Material Constitution: A Reader. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
    Watson, Gary (ed.). (1982) Free Will. Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Oxford University Press.

* Indicates a text that we will read (almost) in its entirety. If you prefer to have your own, printed copy, feel free to order through ABE books, or any on-line site or bookstore of your choice.

Exam Review Sheets and Paper Topics

    Exam I Review Sheet
    Paper I Topics
    Exam II Review Sheet
    Paper II Topics
    Exam III Review Sheet
    Paper III Topics


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