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| 0618-1037-01 | Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FACULTY OF HUMANITIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 2.0
Course description
Since the early days of antiquity, epistemology, ontology, and metaphysics are fundamental fields of philosophical inquiry. The concept of knowledge is the main topic of epistemology, whereas that of ontology and metaphysics is the concept of being. This course introduces some main ideas and theories that are part of contemporary philosophical debates. In the first part, the concept of knowledge will be introduced. Particular attention will be given to the concept of justification and to the variety of standpoints from which it could be approached: foundationalism, coherentism and other theories. In the second part we will examine some metaphysical problems: the-mind-body problem, personal identity, time and becoming, free will and determinism, and similar issues.