PHI 111: Space and Time
What are space and time? This class will address this metaphysical question and survey the classic debates in the philosophy of space and time. These debates are inextricably linked with developments in physics, in particular Newtonian mechanics, statistical mechanics, special and general relativity. We will try to understand how the metaphysical issues concerning space and time interact with foundational issues in modern physics.
PHI 206: Graduate Seminar in Philosophy of Science (Laws)
What are laws of nature? After a brief review of the traditional positions on laws, we will consider recent developments such as constraint-based accounts and pragmatist variations of the Humean best-systems account.
PHI 207: Graduate Seminar in Philosophy of Physics (Quantum Indeterminacy)
PHI 207: Graduate Seminar in Philosophy of Physics (Structural Realism)
PHI 189I: Topics in the Philosophy of Science (Emergence)
PHI 111: Space and Time
PHI 107: Philosophy of Physics (Quantum)
PHI 107: Philosophy of Physics (Time's Arrow)
PHI 030: Introduction to Philosophy of Science
PHI 005: Critical Reasoning
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