FF:PH2117 Ontology III - Course Information

PH2117 Ontology III

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 12:30–14:05 N51

Prerequisites

Completing the course Ontology I, Ontology II

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Philosophy (programme FF, N-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH) (2)

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the basis of contemporary (analytical) metaphysics; grasps the key notions of current metaphysical debate; argue for or against metaphysical theses; grasps the relation of (analytical) metaphysics and physicalist ontology;

Syllabus

• Modality and possibility
• Combinatorial theory of possibility
• Modal realism
• Actualism and possibilism
• Modality and thinkability
• Facts
• Concepts and thoughts
• Individuals and mereology
• Existence
• Universals
• Realism and antirealism
• Empirisation of ontology

Literature

required literature
• Contemporary debates in metaphysics. Edited by Theodore Sider - John Hawthorne - Dean W. Zimmerman. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2008, ix, 404. ISBN 9781405112291. info
• JUBIEN, Michael. Contemporary metaphysics : an introduction. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2007, xi, 212. ISBN 9781557868596. info
• LOUX, Michael J. Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2006, xi, 309. ISBN 0415401348. info
• LOUX, Michael J. Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2006, xi, 309. ISBN 0415401348. info
• The Oxford handbook of metaphysics. Edited by Michael J. Loux - Dean W. Zimmerman. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xi, 724. ISBN 9780199284221. info
• VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Metaphysics. 2nd ed. Oxford: Westview Press, 2002, xiv, 235. ISBN 0813390559. info
• VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Metaphysics. 2nd ed. Oxford: Westview Press, 2002, xiv, 235. ISBN 0813390559. info
• LOUX, Michael J. Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2002, xiii, 303. ISBN 0415261074. info
• LOUX, Michael J. Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2002, xiii, 303. ISBN 0415261074. info
• Metaphysics : contemporary readings. Edited by Michael J. Loux. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2001, xii, 555. ISBN 0415261090. info
• A companion to metaphysics. Edited by Jaegwon Kim - Ernest Sosa. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995, xiv, 540 s. ISBN 0-631-17272-6. info

recommended literature
• Contemporary debates in metaphysics. Edited by Theodore Sider - John Hawthorne - Dean W. Zimmerman. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2008, ix, 404. ISBN 9781405112291. info
• PLANTINGA, Alvin. The nature of necessity. Repr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006, ix, 255. ISBN 0198244142. info
• PLANTINGA, Alvin. Essays in the metaphysics of modality. Edited by Matthew Davidson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, vi, 239. ISBN 9780195103779. info
• LOWE, E. J. A survey of metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, xiii, 402. ISBN 9780198752530. info
• Realism & antirealism. Edited by William P. Alston. 1st pub. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002, viii, 303. ISBN 0801487900. info
• VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Ontology, identity, and modality : essays in metaphysics. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, ix, 261. ISBN 0521795486. info
• Necessity and possibility : the metaphysics of modality. Edited by Michael Tooley. [1st ed.]. New York: Garland Publishing, 1999, xxiv, 394. ISBN 081533382X. info
• LOWE, E. J. The possibility of metaphysics : substance, identity, and time. 1st ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, viii, 275. ISBN 0198236832. info
• VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Material beings. 1st pub. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990, viii, 299. ISBN 9780801483066. info
• ARMSTRONG, D. M. Universals : an opinionated introduction. Boulder: Westview Press, 1989, xii, 148. ISBN 0813307724. info
• The possible and the actual : readings in the metaphysics of modality. Edited by Michael J. Loux. 1st print. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1979, 334 s. ISBN 0801491789. info

not specified
• ARMSTRONG, D. M. A world of states of affairs. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, xiii, 285. ISBN 0521589487. info
• A companion to metaphysics. Edited by Jaegwon Kim - Ernest Sosa. 1st pub. in paperback. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995, xiv, 540. ISBN 0631199993. info
• STRAWSON, P. F. Analysis and metaphysics : an introduction to philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, viii, 144. ISBN 0198751184. info
• LEWIS, David Kellog. On the plurality of worlds. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1986, ix, 276. ISBN 0631224963. info
• The possible and the actual : readings in the metaphysics of modality. Edited by Michael J. Loux. 1st print. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1979, 334 s. ISBN 0801491789. info

Teaching methods

lectures; homework (every week) based on reading, answering assigned questions and active participation in lecture, which extends the contents of the studied texts.

Assessment methods

The final exam is written, in-class activity required, written preparation from lesson to lesson is required as well.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

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