Fall 2023 Philosophy UN3851 section 001

IF I WERE YOU: IDENTITY, ESSENCE, LIMITS

IF I WERE YOU: LIMITS OF

Call Number 13530
Day & Time
Location
W 12:10pm-2:00pm
501 International Affairs Building
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Martina Botti
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course will be devoted to the topic of being other than oneself and the metaphysical debate surrounding questions like: What does the possibility of being different from who we are amount to? What does it mean to be someone else? How different from ourselves can we be? Students will be offered analytical and philosophical tools that will help them to rigorously formulate those and related questions, and to think through the nature of modal variation and its boundaries. In the final weeks of the semester, we will explore the application of those theoretical tools to relevant themes in metaphysics of gender. Throughout the seminar, students will be encouraged to think of the implications of our discussion for related debates in philosophy, especially in the epistemology of the modal and counterfactual claims at issue. This course will be most suitable for students who have some background in analytical metaphysics, e.g. Philosophy 3601, “Metaphysics."

Web Site Vergil
Department Philosophy
Enrollment 10 students (15 max) as of 10:05AM Friday, March 29, 2024
Subject Philosophy
Number UN3851
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Campus Morningside
Section key 20233PHIL3851W001