THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE

Catalog description

May serve as a required course in the Logic, Science, and Language category or as an elective course for majors and minors in philosophy, but open to all students with interest. This course explores foundational questions about knowledge and related topics such as belief, truth, evidence, rationality, skepticism, ignorance, credibility, and expertise. Focuses on contemporary theories, including social influences on knowledge-production and knowledge-sharing. Combines lecture and discussion methods.