Philosophy 330: Metaphysics
Puzzles of Objects and Persons
Spring 2008

Instructor: Meg Wallace

Contact Information:

Office: Caldwell 206B
Office Phone: 919-926-3330
Office Hours: TR 4-5pm and by appointment
Email: megw@email.unc.edu

Course Information:

Webpage: http://www.unc.edu/~megw/Phil330S08.html
Where: Saunders 220
When: TR 5-6:15

Course Syllabus
Course Reading Schedule (tentative and updated frequently)


Handouts

    Introduction to Logic
    A Growing List of Useful Terms and Concepts
    Puzzles of Objects
    The Ship of Theseus
    Descartes' Meditations 1 & 2
    The Identity of Indiscernibles
    Coincident Entities
    Contingent Identity
    Modal Realism (super optional)
    More Than You Wanted to Know about Kripke's Theory of Names (super optional)
    3 Questions, A Few Terms, 5 Principles, the Mind-Body Problem, and a Compromising Proposal
    The Makropolus Position
    Puzzles About Death

    Random Q and A's (a growing list of my answers to your concerns about the course)
   

Optional Reading

    Philosophy Paper Writing Guidelines
    More Philosophy Paper Writing Guidelines
   

Paper Topics

    First Paper Topic
    Second Paper Topic

Review Sheet for the Final Exam



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