What is knowledge? Can we know anything? How could we know what we think we know? When is a belief justified? These are the questions addressed in this paper.
| Paper title | Epistemology: The Theory of Knowledge (Advanced) |
|---|---|
| Paper code | PHIL340 |
| Subject | Philosophy |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | First Semester |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $886.35 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $3,766.35 |
- Prerequisite
- One 200-level PHIL paper
- Restriction
- PHIL 102, PHIL 240
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Contact
- More information link
- View more information on the Department of Philosophy website
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
- Knowledge and its Value
- What is Knowledge?
- Externalism and Perception
- Testimony and Memory
- A priori, a posteriori, Induction
- Scepticism and Objectivity
- Truth and Objectivity (including relativism)
- Teaching Arrangements
- Standard lecture format
- Textbooks
- Duncan Pritchard, What is this thing called Knowledge? (3rd ed., Routledge 2014)
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary Perspective, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Communication Skills.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- Having successfully completed this paper students will be able to:
- Outline the key problems of epistemology (e.g. scepticism, the nature of knowledge, the Gettier problem);
- Describe the main approaches to epistemology (e.g. internalism, externalism);
- Describe the major theories in epistemology (e.g. foundationalism, coherentism);
- Understand recent developments in the field (e.g.; virtue epistemology, the epistemology of testimony); and
- Apply what they have learned to some problems in everyday life (e.g. reliance on expert testimony).
