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Module EPISTEMOLOGY

Module code: PH206
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Department: PHILOSOPHY
International: Yes
Coordinator: Dr Keith Begley (PHILOSOPHY)
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This module is an introduction to epistemology, the study of knowledge. The module examines a range of historical and contemporary views on knowledge . We will consider the question 'What is knowledge?' raised by Plato in the Theaetetus and the quest for certainty in knowledge and skepticism that characterizes the modern period associated with Descartes and the empiricists responses of Locke and Hume. . We will also consider a contemporary definition or analysis of knowledge as justified true belief, and discuss each of its three components. We will also attend to a class of problems with this kind of analysis, known as Gettier problems. A number of debates involving prominent competing views and approaches in epistemology will be examined, including: Foundationalism and Coherentism.

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