PHIL 521

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Seminar Contemporary Problems

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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

Intensive study of selected problems or topics in contemporary philosophy.

Approved for letter and S/U grading. May be repeated. Letter grading applies when offered for 4 hours of credit. For Stage 3 Philosophy PhD students this course is approved for S/U grading when offered for 2 hours of credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor for non-philosophy graduate students.

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PHIL 521 class schedule data for spring 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	51971	Lecture-Discussion	NS2	4:00PM -5:50PM	M	402 Gregory Hall	Saenz, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Grounding Seminar Section Info: This section is for Stage III Philosophy PhD Students TOPIC: Grounding. The landscape of ontology is changing. Under the Quinean conception, ontology is primarily concerned with what exists. But many are beginning to think otherwise. The key questions of ontology are not, they say, existence questions (which are often times easily answered) but grounding questions. In this class, we will examine the nature and import of grounding and other related notions (such as fundamentality, ontological dependence, and truthmaking). What is grounding? What are its relata? What principles are true of it (it is irreflexive, asymmetric, and transitive)? How does grounding relate to modality? We will also look at some disputes over what grounds what. In particular, we will look into the dispute over fundamental mereology (are wholes grounded in their parts or is it the other way around). Questions concerning fundamentality will also be investigated. What things are fundamental? Is there a fundamental level or is it instead turtles all the way down? Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	51548	Lecture-Discussion	NS4	4:00PM -5:50PM	M	402 Gregory Hall	Saenz, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Grounding Seminar Section Info: TOPIC: Grounding. The landscape of ontology is changing. Under the Quinean conception, ontology is primarily concerned with what exists. But many are beginning to think otherwise. The key questions of ontology are not, they say, existence questions (which are often times easily answered) but grounding questions. In this class, we will examine the nature and import of grounding and other related notions (such as fundamentality, ontological dependence, and truthmaking). What is grounding? What are its relata? What principles are true of it (it is irreflexive, asymmetric, and transitive)? How does grounding relate to modality? We will also look at some disputes over what grounds what. In particular, we will look into the dispute over fundamental mereology (are wholes grounded in their parts or is it the other way around). Questions concerning fundamentality will also be investigated. What things are fundamental? Is there a fundamental level or is it instead turtles all the way down? Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.