Philosophy
Philosophy – Doctoral Degree 2014
Recommended Year of Study: 1
Recommended Semester: 2
ECTS Credits Allocated: 10.00
Metaontology
Status: optional Recommended Year of Study: 1
Recommended Semester: 2
ECTS Credits Allocated: 10.00
Pre-requisites: Master's degree
Course objectives: Students will learn about the subject-matter of metaontology,its relationship to various ontologies and about most important metaontological positions.
Course description: Quine's method of determining ontological commitments of scientific and philosophical theories; Carnap's ontological pluralism and the idea of a conceptual frameworks; Van Inwagen's argument against the plurality of meaning of the existence predicate; Fine's criticism of Quine's programme and the distinction between reality and existence; Hirsch's criterion of verbalness of ontological disputes; Eklund's maximalism; Sider's heavyweight realism and the distinguished meaning of the existential quantifier; Chalmers's furnishing functions and metaontological antirealism; Wright and Hale's abstractionism; Yablo's concept of non-catastrophic presupposition failure; Karen Bennett's metaontological pessimism
Learning Outcomes: After completing the course, students will be able to understand and conduct a research in contemporary metaphysics.
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