PHILOS 176Metaphysics and Epistemology of Modality
Philosophy · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Study of metaphysics and epistemology of modality. Central topics include what possible worlds are, and if they are sets of sentences or real concrete particular universes; non-reductive possible worlds analysis of modality; plausibility of realism or anti-realism about modality; existence of one and the same individual in many possible worlds or only in one world; the relation between essence, modality, and grounding; how what is possible, necessary, or essential is known; imagination or conceivability as a guide to possibility; relation between counterfactual and modal reasoning.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: one philosophy course.
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