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PHIL204 Philosophy of Knowledge

10 cp
Prerequisites
 10 cp from 100-level unit in Philosophy
Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, seminars.

This unit introduces students to the study of epistemology contrasting, for example, rationalist approaches to problems of knowledge, such as those of Plato with empiricist approaches such as those of Locke. It discusses the nature of knowledge and its sources, as well as the distinctions between knowledge and belief. This will include discussion of recent debates in epistemology, such as foundationalist and anti-foundationalist theories of knowledge. Consideration is given to the questions of how we come to know, the limits of what we can know and what justifies knowledge claims.

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