Ontology and Metaontology - a summer university course

June 14, 2017 - July 21, 2017
Summer University, Central European University Budapest

Nador 9,
Budapest 1051
Hungary

Organisers:

Mark Balaguer
California State University
Ferenc Huoranszki
Central European University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Michaela McSweeney
Princeton University
Kate Ritchie
(unaffiliated)
Raul Saucedo
(unaffiliated)

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This will be a philosophy course on the topic of ontology and metaontology. Ontology is a branch of philosophy (in particular, of metaphysics) concerned with questions of existence.  Important ontological questions include the following: Are there any such things as abstract objects (i.e., non-physical, non-mental, non-spatiotemporal objects)? Are there are any such things as past and future objects, or are all objects presently existing objects? Are there any such things as 4-dimensional objects, i.e., objects with temporal as well as spatial extension?  Are there any such things as 3-dimensional coincident objects?; i.e., are there any pairs of 3-dimensional objects that are located in the exact same place and composed of the exact same parts (or made of the exact same physical stuff)? Are there any such things as composite objects, i.e., objects with proper parts? Are there any such things as merely possible objects, or are all objects actually existing objects? Are there any such things as Gods or non-physical souls?  

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February 14, 2017, 4:00am CET

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