Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

PHIL 375 Science Fiction and Philosophy

This course will use the medium of science fiction (both literature and film) to provide a foundational understanding of several main topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology, including Time, Persistence and Identity, Time Travel, Causation, Free Will, Modality/Possible Worlds, and Skepticism.

Credits

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring Even Years

Special Notes

PHIL 375 cannot be retaken for credit if PHIL 371 “Science Fiction and Philosophy” title was taken in Spring 2021.

Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: PHIL 375 and PHIL 371