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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Philosophy
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Aaron Segal
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesday 10:30-12:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Aaron Segal
Course/Module description:
This course will investigate (1) what modal claims ("Possibly/necessarily/it could have been the case that...") amount to, (2) whether there are possible worlds (and other possibilia) and what they might be, (3) what is possible and necessary, and (4) what knowledge we have about what's possible and how might we come to have such knowledge
Course/Module aims:
To address some interesting and important philosophical questions
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
see above
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and discussion
Course/Module Content:
(1) what modal claims amount to
(2) possible worlds (and other possibilia) and their nature
(3) what is possible and necessary
(4) our knowledge about modality
Required Reading:
David Lewis's "On the Plurality of Worlds"
Other articles and book chapters (Kripke, Plantinga, Stalnaker, Sider, van Inwagen, Rosen, Williamson, and others)
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 80 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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