Philosophy 350TM - Topics in Philosophy: 'Philosophy of Time'

Philosophy of Time

Spring
2022
01
4.00
Nina Emery

M 01:30PM-04:20PM

Mount Holyoke College
116538
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.