Catalog Search:  PHI3300: Introduction to Epistemology 3
Description: Epistemology is the study of knowledge and
justified belief. In this course, we will critically examine
numerous accounts of the nature and sources of knowledge and
justified belief. In addition, we will look at epistemological
puzzles concerning skepticism, the problem of induction,
epistemic relativism, and the epistemic significance of
disagreement. The philosophical questions to be discussed
include: What is knowledge? Can we know anything worthwhile?
Given that we do know things, how do we know them? Under what
conditions is a belief rational? Is it rational to believe
controversial propositions? Is there more than one standard of
rationality?