PHIL 2300

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PHIL 2300
Puzzles and Paradoxes

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course will survey a number of famous paradoxes about the nature of time, identity, logic, science, belief, decision, and value. Some of these paradoxes have widely accepted answers, but many do not. Paradoxes include (but are not limited to) Zeno's paradoxes, the sorites paradox, the liar paradox, paradoxes of probability, the doomsday and simulation arguments, Newcomb's puzzle, and the trolley problem. These paradoxes will be used as a stepping stone to deeper philosophical questions. Some of the questions we'll tackle include: Is time real? What is a person? Is infinity coherent? How is science possible? What is knowledge? What is it to be rational? What should we do? Does God exist? And finally, why is death bad?


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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2305

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17906 PHIL 2300   LEC 001

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    • TR Ives Hall 105
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17910 PHIL 2300   DIS 201

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    • R Upson Hall 102
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17913 PHIL 2300   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person