課程名稱 |
形上學 Metaphysics |
開課學期 |
109-2 |
授課對象 |
文學院 哲學系 |
授課教師 |
陳樂知 |
課號 |
Phl2064 |
課程識別碼 |
104 47400 |
班次 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
必帶 |
上課時間 |
星期三7,8,9,10(14:20~18:20) |
上課地點 |
水源階梯101 |
備註 |
本課程中文授課,使用英文教科書。 總人數上限:90人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1092Phl2064_ |
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課程概述 |
形上學是對事物本質的研究。本課程將會探討以下課題:
1. 何謂形上學?
2. 形上學與自然科學的關係為何?
3. 物件如何組合出其他物件?
4. 物件與其組件的關係為何?
5. 甚麼是因果?
6. 物質除了其可被科學觀察的運動以外,有其內在的、根本的性質嗎?
7. 如有,我們能夠認識那些內在性質嗎?
8. 物質所遵從的物理法則與自然定律是必然還是偶然的?
9. 如何理解一些物質運動與功能?
10. 宇宙除了具體的物質架構以外,有其他組成要素嗎? |
課程目標 |
引導同學:
1. 了解形上學的一些基本議題和脈絡。
2. 建立有關形上學的觀點。
3. 提升對哲學議題的申論與寫作能力。 |
課程要求 |
學生必須閱讀所有指定讀物,出席討論課並參與討論。 |
預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
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指定閱讀 |
見每週進度表。 |
參考書目 |
Conee, Earl & Sider, Theodore 2007, Riddles of existence: a guided tour of metaphysics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jubien, Michael 1997, Contemporary metaphysics: an introduction, Maiden: Blackwell.
van Inwagen, Peter 2014, Metaphysics, 4th Edn, Philadelphia: Westview Press.
Langton, Rae 1998, Kantian humility: our ignorance of things in themselves, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bird, A 2007, Nature’s metaphysics: laws and properties, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Marmodoro, Anna 2013, The metaphysics of powers: their grounding and their manifestations, New York: Routledge.
Mumford, Stephen 1998, Dispositions, Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
評量方式 (僅供參考) |
No. |
項目 |
百分比 |
說明 |
1. |
出席討論課 |
15% |
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2. |
討論課表現 |
20% |
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3. |
作業1次 |
15% |
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4. |
期中、期末考 |
50% |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
2/24 |
課程介紹 |
第2週 |
3/03 |
[Mereology]
Peter van Inwagen, ‘When Are Objects Parts?’ |
第3週 |
3/10 |
[Unrestricted mereology]
John Bigelow and Robert Pargetter, ‘Real Work for Aggregates’ |
第4週 |
3/17 |
[The problem of causation]
John Bigelow and Robert Pargetter, 'Metaphysics of Causation', sect. 1-5 |
第5週 |
3/24 |
[Causation, powers, and physical forces]
John Bigelow, Brian Ellis and Robert Pargetter, 'Force'
John Bigelow and Robert Pargetter, 'Metaphysics of Causation', sect. 6-8 |
第6週 |
3/31 |
[Levels of existence and causation]
Jaegwon Kim, ‘Mental Causation’ (Sect. 1.3-1.6 only) |
第7週 |
4/07 |
[Nonreductionism about levels and the causation within]
Christian List, 'In Defence of Causal Control', in Why Free Will is Real (except the Section on the Libet Experiments) |
第8週 |
4/14 |
[Causal explanation and causal proportionality]
James Woodward, 'Causation in biology: stability, specificity, and the choice of levels of explanation'
方衛教授(山西大學)作客授課 |
第9週 |
4/21 |
[Metaphysics and science]
Alyssa Ney, 'Physicalism, Not Scientism'. |
第10週 |
4/28 |
Mid-term exam |
第11週 |
5/05 |
[The problem of abstract entities: platonism and nominalism]
Brian Ellis, 'Scientific Platonism' |
第12週 |
5/12 |
[The bundle theory and the substratum theory of properties]
Jiri Benovsky, ‘The bundle theory and the substratum theory: deadly enemies or twin brothers?’, except Sect. 11 |
第13週 |
5/19 |
[Categoricalism about properties]
Lok-Chi Chan, 'Humility Regarding Intrinsic Properties' Sect. Intro, 1-4 only. |
第14週 |
5/26 |
[Dispositionalism about properties, & laws of nature 1]
Lok-Chi Chan, 'Humility Regarding Intrinsic Properties' Sect. 6a, 6b only.
Lok-Chi Chan, ‘Emergentism and the contingent solubility of salt’, pp. 1-2 only.
Sydney Shoemaker, ‘Causality and properties’, (sect. IV only). |
第15週 |
6/02 |
[Laws of nature 2]
Rae Langton, ‘Kant's rejection of reducibility’ (section 5 and 6)
Alexander Bird, ‘Necessarily, salt dissolves in water’ (sect. 1, 2, 3, and 5) |
第16週 |
6/09 |
[Dispositions and desires]
Lauren Ashwell, ‘The Metaphysics of Desire and Dispositions’ |
第17週 |
6/16 |
[Functions]
Bigelow and Pargetter, 'Functions' |
第18週 |
6/23 |
Final exam |
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