Pl 9 - Knowledge and Reality

Institution:

California Institute of Technology

Subject:

Philosophy

Description:

The theme of this course is the scope and limitations of rational belief and knowledge. Students will examine the nature of reality, the nature of the self, the nature of knowledge, and how we learn about the natural world. Students will be introduced to these issues through selections from some of the world’s greatest philosophical works, including Descartes’s Pascal’s Hume’s Berkeley’s and Kant’s A variety of more contemporary readings will also be assigned. Instructors: Manning, Hitchcock, Velasco.

Credits:

9.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.caltech.edu

Phone Number:

(626) 395-6811

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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