PHIL 494-1 - Epistemology

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Wheaton College - Massachusetts

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Epistemology, or the theory of knowledge, explores knowledge and related intellectual goods such as understanding, rationality, and experiential acquaintance. It investigates human intellectual powers, the extent of their reach, and whether these powers must follow a particular method or be trained to certain intellectual habits to be used to greatest effect. Typical questions asked by epistemologists include: What are the nature and limits of human reasons What conditions must we satisfy in order to know or to have justified belief What intellectual virtues characterize excellent intellectual agents Do the arguments of skeptics show that we don't have knowledge or justified belief While this course focuses on more contemporary discussions, we will also discuss the epistemologies of many historically significant philosophers. Prerequisites: PHIL 311, 312.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wheatoncollege.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 285-7722

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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