{"id":187,"date":"2018-11-11T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T15:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/esayan\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2018-11-11T16:34:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T16:34:52","slug":"phil644","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/esayan\/phil644\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil644"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHIL 644 Current Problems in Philosophy <\/strong>
\nSpring 2006-2007<\/p>\n

In this course we will focus on the following issues in metaphysics: causation, determinism, free will, and fatalism. Our discussion and readings will be in the style of Analytic Philosophy.<\/p>\n

OFFICE MATTERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Office :<\/strong>\u00a0Room B139 in the Social Sciences Building.
\nOffice hours :<\/strong> Wed 14:40-15:30; Fri 14:40-16:30.\u00a0 Other meeting times with the instructor are also possible by prior appointment.
\nOffice phone :<\/strong>\u00a0On campus: 5339; off campus: 210-5339. You can leave a message on the answering machine.
\nE-mail :<\/strong>\u00a0esayan@metu.edu.tr<\/p>\n

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attendance and active class<\/em> participation are required. You must come to class having done the assigned reading, and must be prepared to orally answer my questions on the reading assignment during class. A brief quiz will be given every week consisting of a couple of questions on the reading assignment for that week. There will be no class presentations by students. Students who are late for class or who leave the class early for other than medical reasons<\/em> will lose points on the attendance and participation portion of the grade.<\/p>\n

You will also be required to write two papers. The length of each paper should not be less than 7 and more than 10 pages (not including the \u201cReferences\u201d section). The pages must be double-spaced<\/strong> (i.e. about 24-25 lines per page) and written in Times New Roman<\/strong> with 12 pts<\/strong> font or its equivalent. Papers outside these length limitations will lose points for being too short or too long. The first paper is due in the middle of the semester, and the second the end. The vague words \u2018middle\u2019 and \u2018end\u2019 here will be made precise later. Your papers must be on different topics, as opposed to the second paper being a mere follow-up of your first paper. The topics must, of course, be related to the course material. You are advised to consult with me and get my approval about the topics you want to choose for your papers. Needless to say, the papers must comply with the academic norms of format and style. Put more bluntly, noncompli\u00adance will lose you points. A number of sample graduate-student papers written in the past will be made available in the Reserve Section of the library for you to look at.<\/p>\n

Each paper will carry a weight of 35%. The total weight of the class participation\/ contribution and the quizzes will be 30%<\/p>\n

SEQUENCE OF READINGS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Causation:<\/strong>
\nA. \u201cCause\u201d (Chapter 14) in Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy<\/em> (New York: Penguin Books, 1994).
\nB. \u201cDeterminism, Freedom, and Fatalism\u201d (Chapter 7) in Michael Jubien, Contemporary Metaphysics<\/em> (Malden, Mass. and Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers, 1997), pp. 107-114.
\nC. \u201cCausation\u201d (Chapter 4) in Brian Carr, Metaphysics<\/em> (Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press Intentional, 1987).
\nD. \u201cIntroduction\u201d in Ernest Sosa and Michael Tooley (eds.), Causation<\/em> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993).<\/p>\n

Determinism and Freedom:<\/strong>
\nE. \u201cDeterminism, Scientific,\u201d entry in Ted Honderich (ed.), Oxford Companion to Philosophy<\/em> (Oxford, U.K. and New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1995).
\nF. \u201cFreedom\u201d (Chapter 17) in Scruton, op. cit.
\nG. Jubien, op. cit., pp. 114-126.
\nH. \u201cMetaphysical Freedom\u201d (Chapter 9) in Bruce Aune, Metaphysics<\/em> <\/span>(Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1985).
\nI. \u201cThe Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will\u201d (Chapter 11) in Peter van Inwagen, Metaphysics<\/em> (Boulder and San Fransisco: Westview Press, 1993).<\/p>\n

Fatalism:<\/strong>
\nJ. Jubien, op. cit., pp. 126-129.
\nK. \u201cFatalism\u201d in Jaegwon Kim and Ernest Sosa (eds.), A Companion to Metaphysics<\/em> (Malden, Mass. and Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell, 1995).
\nL. \u201cFatalism\u201d entry in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/em><\/span> on the Internet at http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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