EPISTEMOLOGY

Catalog description

The course covers major theories and debates in Epistemology (i.e., the study of evidence, reasons, justification, warrant, knowledge, explanation, and understanding). The course covers both foundational structural debates (e.g., the structure of justification, the analysis for knowledge, the requirements of explanation, and the nature of understanding) and applied issues (e.g., expertise and testimony, peer disagreement, burden of proof, group deliberation and voting, epistemic bubbles and conspiracy theories, and the value of feelings of confidence, surety, and certainty).