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Mar 29, 2024
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PHIL 361 - Theory of Knowledge Description: A critical study of contemporary analytic epistemology. Topics may include belief, evidence, and perception; skepticism and justification; a priori knowledge; induction; knowledge of other minds; the ethics of belief; truth and relativism. Formerly PHIL 461, students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Examine and critically analyze issues in contemporary epistemology.
- Critically assess a philosophical position for its implications and its plausibility.
- Formulate and defend a position or ‘one’s own on these issues, with reference to the relevant positions described in the philosophical literature.
- Display knowledge of the core concepts and methods of analytic epistemology, and the ability to deploy those concepts and methods in reasoning.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 4/19/2012
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