Inquiry and Ignorance

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Is it possible to inquire well in a warped environment when the very information you are meant to take as evidence may be distorted, thereby leading you to a false belief? This course will address this expansive and loaded question by unpacking the nature of inquiry and ignorance. What is inquiry? What is ignorance? Can ignorance make a line of inquiry better or worse? These are the core questions of the course. We will aim to clarify these questions in a seminar format with readings from epistemology, social and moral philosophy, and psychology.