Philip Corkum
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Philosophy Dept
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Philosophy Dept
- pcorkum@ualberta.ca
Courses
PHIL 102 - Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality
An introduction to the classical problems of philosophy through study and critical discussion of selected philosophical classics and contemporary works. Emphasis will be placed on questions of the nature and extent of human knowledge and classic problems about the nature of reality and our place in it.
PHIL 200 - Metaphysics
Basic questions concerning the nature of reality. Topics may include existence, materialism and idealism, freedom and determinism, appearance and reality, causality, identity, time and space, universals and particulars.
PHIL 498 - Honors Essay
Preparation of the honors essay, required in the fourth year of the Honors program.