PHIL 350:  Introduction to Epistemology

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LINK TO PHIL 350 PEER REVIEW SITE (for submitting and reading homework assignments)

HANDOUTS

· Syllabus

· Reading Assignments

· Paper Guidelines

· Handout on Reasoning

END-OF-CLASS QUESTIONS

MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS

FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS

STUDY QUESTIONS:

· Week #1 (Sept. 28): Introduction: What is knowledge? What is belief?

· Week #2 (Oct 3-5): Perception: Appearance and Reality

· Week #3 (Oct. 10-12): Empirical Justification: Foundationalism and Coherentism

· Week #4 (Oct. 17-19): A Priori Justification and Reasoning

· Week #5 (Oct. 24-26): Knowledge and Truth

· Week #6 (Oct. 31-Nov. 2): Internalism and Externalism

· Week #7 (Nov. 7-9): Other Minds, Testimony, and Memory

· Week #8 (Nov. 14-16): Naturalized Epistemology

· Week #9 (Nov. 21): Virtue Epistemology

· Week #10 (Nov. 28-30): Skepticism

· Week #11 (Dec. 5-7): No Study Questions

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Instructions For Using Peer Review. (See top of this page for a link to the PHIL 350 Peer Review site.)

· Assignment #1: To be posted on Peer Review by 9 am on Tuesday, Oct. 10.

· Assignment #2: To be posted on Peer Review by 9 am on Monday, Oct. 16.

· Assignment #3: To be posted on Peer Review by 9 am on Monday, Oct. 23.

· Assignment #4: To be posted on Peer Review by 9 am on Wednesday, Nov. 8.

PAPER TOPIC (Paper due midnight on Monday, Nov. 27).

TRANSPARENCIES

· Introduction

· Week #2 (Oct 3-5): Perception: Appearance and Reality

· Week #3 (Oct. 10-12): Empirical Justification: Foundationalism and Coherentism

· Week #4 (Oct. 17-19): A Priori Justification and Reasoning

· Week #5 (Oct. 24-26): Knowledge and Truth

· Week #6 (Oct. 31-Nov. 2): Internalism and Externalism

· Week #7 (Nov. 7-9): Other Minds, Testimony, and Memory

· Week #8 (Nov. 14-16): Naturalized Epistemology

· Week #9 (Nov. 21): Virtue Epistemology

· Week #10 (Nov. 28-30): Skepticism

· Week #11 (Dec. 5-7): No Transparencies

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