Mondays, Weeks 1-5 Lecturer: Robert Northcott () In these five weeks some central and famous issues in epistemology. The first reading we’ll explore each week is the primary reading, the second the supplementary one. All readings will be available either as pdf files on the course Moodle page, freely online as indicated, or via Birkbeck library’s access. Any reading without a specific citation may also be found in standard anthologies, copies of which are available in Birkbeck library: Sven Bernecker and Fred Dretske (ed.) Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology; and Ernest Sosa et al (eds) Epistemology: An Anthology. Week 1: Scepticism Rene Descartes, Meditation I-II, in his Meditations on First Philosophy of an in his (Allen & Unwin, 1959). Philosophical Papers GE Moore, 1939, ‘Proof External World’, How to Read Philosophy Study Skills Session: ‘On Jim Pryor, how to read a philosophy article’, available online at: . Week 2: The definition of knowledge 23: 121-123. Analysis Edmund Gettier, 1963, ‘Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?’ of 44: 65-73. Philosophical Quarterly Linda Zagzebski, 1994, ‘The Inescapability Gettier Problems’, Week 3: Agreeing to disagree We ed. Jennifer Lackey, “What Should We Do When Disagree?” Oxford Studies in Epistemology, John Hawthorne and Tamar Gendler (Oxford, 2008). Thomas Kelly, Epistemic Significance of ed. John Oxford Studies in Epistemology, “The Disagreement,” Hawthorne and Tamar Gendler (Oxford, 2005). Week 4: Induction Bertrand Russell, ‘On Induction’ Hans Reichenbach, Pragmatic Justification of ‘The Induction’ Week 5: Epistemology and science WVO Quine, ‘Epistemology Naturalized’ is Jaegwon Kim, ‘What Naturalized Epistemology?’ II. ETHICS
Mondays, Weeks 1-5 Lecturer: Robert Northcott () In these five weeks we’ll explore some central and famous issues in epistemology. The first reading each week is the primary reading, the second the supplementary one. All readings will be available either as pdf files on the course Moodle page, freely online as indicated, or via Birkbeck library’s access. Any reading without a specific citation may also be found in standard anthologies, copies of which are available in Birkbeck library: Sven Bernecker and Fred Dretske (ed.) Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology; and Ernest Sosa et al (eds) Epistemology: An Anthology. Week 1: Scepticism Rene Descartes, Meditation I-II, in his Meditations on First Philosophy GE Moore, 1939, ‘Proof of an External World’, in his Philosophical Papers (Allen & Unwin, 1959). Study Skills Session: How to Read Philosophy Jim Pryor, ‘On how to read a philosophy article’, available online at: . Week 2: The definition of knowledge Edmund Gettier, 1963, ‘Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?’ Analysis 23: 121-123. Linda Zagzebski, 1994, ‘The Inescapability of Gettier Problems’, Philosophical Quarterly 44: 65-73. Week 3: Agreeing to disagree Jennifer Lackey, “What Should We Do When We Disagree?” Oxford Studies in Epistemology, ed. John Hawthorne and Tamar Gendler (Oxford, 2008). Thomas Kelly, “The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement,” Oxford Studies in Epistemology, ed. John Hawthorne and Tamar Gendler (Oxford, 2005). Week 4: Induction Bertrand Russell, ‘On Induction’ Hans Reichenbach, ‘The Pragmatic Justification of Induction’ Week 5: Epistemology and science WVO Quine, ‘Epistemology Naturalized’ Jaegwon Kim, ‘What is Naturalized Epistemology?’ II. ETHICS