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PHIL405 Space and Time

Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2008
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Optional
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PHIL 205, 305
Notes None
Combined Units PHIL305 - Space and Time
Coordinator(s)
Unit Description

This unit examines issues in the philosophy of Space and Time. Topics include the question of whether Time travel is possible; whether Space has a shape; whether Time had a beginning and will have an end; the possibility of Space having an edge; Zeno's paradoxes; the fine structure of Space and Time; whether Time passes; McTaggart's argument; Presentism, the Block theory and the Growing Block; and the direction of Time.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Recommended Material
Optional
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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