Phil 420:
Metaphysics
Fall 2006
Professor: JeeLoo Liu
Department of Philosophy
California State University at Fullerton
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The following handouts are for student use only. No quotation is permitted. (Feedback welcomed)
Bertrand Russell: The World of Universals
David Armstrong: Universals as Attributes
David Armstrong: Properties I & II
D. H. Mellor: Properties and Predicates
E. J. Lowe: The Four-Category Ontology (Chapters 1, 2 & 6)
David Lewis: Causation (powerpoint)
David Lewis: Causation As Influence (powerpoint)
(1) Jonathan Schaffer: Trumping Preemption & (2) John Collins: Preemptive Prevention (powerpoint)
(1) David Lewis: Void and Object & (2) Helen Beebee: Causing and Nothingness (powerpoint)
Sidney Shoemaker: (1) Causality and Properties (2) Causal and Metaphysical Necessity