What is the nature of reality? Does the appearance of the world match its underlying reality, or is much of the world's appearance a product of our minds? This unit approaches the question through three areas that pervade our perception: colour, time and causation. We thus ask: What is colour? Is it mind-independent or do our minds somehow project colour onto the world? Does colour even exist? What is causation? When we drop a glass and see it smash on the floor, do we literally perceive the causal process of the glass smashing or do we infer causation from the before and after stages? How does causation relate to so-called laws of nature? And what is time? Is time analogous to movement,... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: sufficient units in the relevant major at the specified standard for entry to the honours program
