PHIL 311 - 001

Issues in Metaphysics
Session
Regular Academic Session
Class Number
5868
Career
Undergraduate
Units
3 units
Grading
Graded Alpha
Description
Prerequisite: Students must have taken at least two philosophy courses.

This course studies various philosophical issues regarding the nature of all reality, including existence, causality, relations, abstract entities, purpose, the possibility of knowledge of reality.

Outcomes: Students will be able to understand and articulate a deeper awareness of philosophical problems and answers regarding key metaphysical issues.
Enrollment Requirements
Prerequisite: Students must have taken at least two philosophy courses.
Class Notes
In Book Alpha of the Metaphysics, Aristotle introduces his topic -- "first philosophy" -- by recounting the views of his predecessors. In so doing he illustrates the historicity of metaphysics -- the fact that by rationally reconstructing the history of metaphysics one can make an original contribution to metaphysics itself. In this course we will see how three recent histories of metaphysics accomplish the same feat.
Class Actions
Look up course materials
Class Details
Instructor(s)
Andrew Cutrofello
Meets
TuTh 2:30PM - 3:45PM
Dates
08/25/2025 - 12/13/2025
Room
Cuneo Hall - Room 104
Instruction Mode
In person
Campus
Lake Shore Campus
Location
Lake Shore Campus
Components
Lecture Required
Class Availability
Status
Open
Seats Taken
26
Seats Open
9
Class Capacity
35
Wait List Total
0
Wait List Capacity
0