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PHIL305 Space and Time
Updated: 02 October 2008
| Credit Points |
6 |
| Offering |
| Responsible Campus |
Teaching Period |
Mode of Study |
|
Armidale
|
Semester 1
|
Off Campus
|
|
Armidale
|
Semester 1
|
On Campus
|
|
| Online level |
Level B - Internet access required
|
| Intensive School(s) |
| Start |
Finish |
Attendance |
Notes |
30 April 2009
|
03 May 2009
|
Non-Mandatory
|
|
|
| Supervised Exam |
June
|
| Pre-requisites |
6 cp in PHIL or candidature in a postgraduate award
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| Restrictions |
PHIL205 or PHIL405 or PHIL505
|
| Notes |
None |
| Combined Units |
PHIL505 - Space and Time
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| Coordinator(s) |
Peter Forrest
(pforrest@une.edu.au)
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| 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.
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Prescribed Material
Mandatory |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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Recommended Material
Optional |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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| Disclaimer |
Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |
