1. ‘Even if reference were radically indeterminate, much of realism would
survive. There would still be a world which would not be a figment of our
imagination.’ Discuss.
2. ‘No coherent doctrine of conceptual relativity is philosophically
interesting.’ Discuss.
3. Do transcendental arguments involve a problematic commitment to
idealism?
4. Do objects have temporal parts?
5. Is there a defensible distinction between abstract and concrete?
6. ‘We are fundamentally animals, and thus our continued existence over
time isn’t a psychological matter.’ Discuss.
7. EITHER (a) In what sense if any is causation a secondary quality?
OR (b) Is it possible to reconcile the need for causation in a theory of
effective action with scepticism about its role in physics?
8. What distinguishes ‘dynamic’ and ‘static’ conceptions of time? Which if
either is the more plausible?
9. Is there an ultimate distinction between universals and particulars?
10. State Bradley’s regress. Is it vicious?