Philosophy 350TM - Philosophy of Time

Fall
2018
01
4.00
Nina Emery
M 01:30PM-04:20PM
Mount Holyoke College
104883
Skinner Hall 212
emery@mtholyoke.edu
Does time flow? What is the difference between;the future and the past? Is time travel possible?;This course will survey the major topics in the;philosophy of time from Augustine's;Confessions and the Leibniz-Clarke;correspondence to relativity theory. Along the;way we will take up philosophical issues;regarding the relevance of intuition, the nature;of causation, determinism, and freedom, and the;relationship between science and philosophy.
Prereq: 8 credits from the Philosophy department.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.