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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1What and why is a metaphysician?
2Things and Properties
3Properties = Universals
4Properties = (Special) Particulars
5Properties at WorkFirst paper topics out
6Non-existence
7Existence
8As-if Existence
9Identity of IndiscerniblesFirst paper due six days after lecture 9
10Contingent Identity
11Transworld Identity
12Necessary and Contingent
13De Re Modality
14Essence and Accident
15Possible Worlds
16Causation as Regularity
17Causation as Dependence
18Causal Networks
19Holding Fixed
20Sufficient ReasonSecond paper topics out 5 days after lecture 20
21De Facto Dependence
22Pains and Brains
23Multiple Realization
24Special SciencesSecond paper due 6 days after lecture 24
25Last Class and Course Summary

 








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