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Class Detail:
WN 2013 Philosophy PHIL 196 - First Year Seminar Section 001 Space and Time
Credits:	3
Requirements & Distribution:	HU
Other:	FYSem
Waitlist Capacity:	99
Advisory Prerequisites:	Enrollment restricted to first-year students, including those with sophomore standing.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Sklar,Lawrence
	(real time availability for all sections)

Everything is somewhere in space. And everything that happens, happens in time. But what are space and time? We will explore some attempts of philosophers to answer that question. Some of their views have their origins in our everyday and common intuitions. Other views start from what fundamental science tells us about the nature of our world. We will explore a bit about how these two approaches fit together. Intended Audience: 1st year students only Class Format: 3hrs of seminar style lecture and discussion per week

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)



ISBN: 0262581698	Space from Zeno to Einstein : classic readings with a contemporary commentary, Author: edited and with a commentary by Nick Huggett., Publisher: Mass. 2. print. 1999
Required

ISBN: 9780691143095	Philosophy of physics : space and time, Author: Tim Maudlin., Publisher: Princeton University Press
Required