Several of the following topics and authors will be studied:

•          the notion of substance (Wiggins, Ayers, Locke) and individuation (Lowe, Loux, Zimmerman)

•          identity: relative versus absolute theories of identity (Geach, Noonan, Wiggins)

•          abstract objects (Hale, Dummett, Wright)

•          realism versus anti-realism (Dummett, Davidson)

•          naïve realism (Crawford Elder, Thomasson, Baker)

•          transcendental arguments (Strawson, Cassam, Stern)

•          reductionism and supervenience (Shoemaker, Kim)

•          personal identity (Parfit, Wiggins, Baker).