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Class Detail:
WN 2012 Philosophy PHIL 423 - Problems of Space and Time Section 001
Credits:	3
Requirements & Distribution:	BS
Waitlist Capacity:	99
Advisory Prerequisites:	One logic introduction and either one other philosophy course or 12 credits of science.
BS:	This course counts toward the 60 credits of math/science required for a Bachelor of Science degree.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Belot,Gordon
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This course will be a selective survey of central topics in the philosophy of space and time: classical debates about the relation between the nature of motion and the nature of space; whether the difference between left and right tells us anything about the nature of space; time in relativistic physics; attempts to make sense of the passage of time; the possibility of time travel; the claim the contemporary physics shows that space and time are emergent rather than fundamental. Some of the readings will be historical, some contemporary. Some will be have a philosophy of physics flavor, others a metaphysics flavor. Course Requirements: No data submitted Intended Audience: No data submitted Class Format: No data submitted

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ISBN: 9780226288635	General relativity from A to B, Author: Geroch, Robert., Publisher: University of Chicago Press 1978
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