Joshua Mozersky

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PHIL 250 – EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS (Winter 2012)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Essay Pick-Up Office hours:

If you want to pick up your final essay, I will be in my office during the following times:

· Wednesday April 25^th, 12:10-1:00

· Thursday April 26^th, 3:00-3:50

· Friday April 27^th, 2:00-3:00

T.A. emails:

· Kory Jeffrey (essay 1): 11kjpj@queensu.ca

· Ben Roper (essay 2): 11brgr@queensu.ca

ESSAY TOPICS AND INFORMATION

· First Essay Topics

· Second Essay Topics

· I have gathered advice and links on essay writing here.

COURSE SYLLABUS

· PHIL 250

LECTURE NOTES

· Introduction

• Lecture 1 - Time (McTaggart and Broad)
• Lecture 2 - Time (Prior and Broad)
• Lecture 3 - Time (Williams and Prior)
• Lecture 4 - Identity and Persistence (Olson, Quine, Lewis)
• Lecture 5 - Identity and Persistence (Lewis, Zimmerman)
• Lecture 6 - Modality (Lewis): Part 1, Part 2
• Lecture 7 - Modality (Kripke)
• Lecture 8 - A Priori Knowledge (Kant, Ayer)
• Lecture 9 - A Priori Knowledge (Quine, Chisholm)
• Lecture 10 - A Priori Knowledge (Kripke)

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