Philosophy 380 ,381 - Issues in Epistemology and Metaphysics

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Colgate University

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Description:

E. Witherspoon, Staff This is an umbrella course designed to allow students to delve into specific topics in epistemology or metaphysics. The study situates each problem in its appropriate historical context thus allowing student access to the approaches to a given issue offered in Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and recent works. The course brings students inside some problems and methods that lie at the heart of philosophy by inquiring into issues such as the structure of knowledge, our basis for making claims about other minds, possible worlds, skepticism, and the justification of belief. Prerequisites: a course in philosophy, preferably PHIL 335 or PHIL 340, or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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