Feldman: Feldman, R., Epistemology, Prentice Hall 2003
K&S: Kim & Sosa (Eds.), Epistemology: An Anthology, Blackwell Publishing 2000
SEP: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Date |
Topic |
Required Reading |
Recommended Reading |
| Tue 1/30 | Introduction |
DeRose--What is Epistemology |
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| Thu 2/1 | Analysis of Knowledge | Feldman Ch.1&2 |
SEP: Epistemology Sartwell-'Why Knowledge Is Merely True Belief' |
| Tue 2/6 |
Feldman Ch. 3; Gettier [K&S (7)]; SEP: The Analysis of Knowledge (sections 1&2) Bonjour: 'Knowledge and Justification' (sections 1.1 & 1.2 pp. 3-8) |
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| Thu 2/8 | Klein [K&S (8)] | ||
| Tue 2/13 | Evidentialism | Feldman Ch. 4 (pp. 41-49);Feldman & Conee [K&S (16) pp. 170-175 (sections I-IV)] |
2/12--last day of add/drop Evidentialism, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy SEP: Evidence |
| Thu 2/15 |
DeRose: 'Ought We to Follow Our Evidence' (pp. 697-703) Feldman Ch. 4 (pp. 49-59); Descartes Meditation 1 |
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| Tue 2/20 | Foundationalism | McGrew: 'A Defense of Classical Foundationalism' |
Chisholm [K&S(11)] SEP: Foundationalist Theories of Epistemic Justification Audi-'Contemporary Modest Foundationalism' Feldman Ch. 4 (pp. 70-78) |
| Thu 2/22 | Bonjour [K&S(21)] {See Feldman Ch. 4 pp. 75-77} | ||
| Tue 2/27 | Coherentism |
Feldman Ch. 4 (pp. 60-70); SEP: Coherentist Theories of Epistemic Justification (sections 1&2) |
SEP: Coherentist Theories of Epistemic Justification (section 3) Haack: 'Foundationalism versus Coherentism' (esp. Section II) Sosa [K&S (14)] |
| Thu 3/1 |
Bonjour: 'The Elements of Coherentism' |
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| Tue 3/6 | Externalism | Feldman Ch. 5; Goldman [K&S (27)] |
Kornblith: 'Internalism and Externalism A Brief Historical Introduction' SEP: Internalist vs. Externalist Conceptions of Epistemic Justification Conee & Feldman [K&S (29)] |
| Thu 3/8 | Feldman: 'Reliability and Justification' | ||
| Tue 3/13 |
Guest lecture: Hilary Kornblith Kornblith: 'Does Reliabilism Make Knowledge Merely Conditional' |
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| Thu 3/15 | Alston [K&S (28)] | ||
| Tue 3/20 |
Spring Break |
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| Tue 3/27 | Skepticism |
Feldman Ch. 6; Descartes Meditation 1; (alternative trans.) |
* Mid term papers are due today by noon Some information about mid-term (pdf) * Last day to drop with "W" |
| Thu 3/29 | Stroud [K&S (1)] |
Skepticism--SEP Contemporary Skepticism--The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
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| Tue 4/3 | Moore [K&S (2,3&4)] | ||
| Thu 4/5 | Contextualsim |
Feldman Ch. 7 appendix (pp. 152-155); Stanley: 'Contextualsim' (and 'intro') |
Kornblith: 'The Contextualsit Evasion of Epistemology' Sosa: 'Skepticism and Contextualsim' |
| Tue 4/10 | Virtue Epistemology | Sosa [K&S (22)] | Goldman: 'Epistemic Folkways and Scientific Epistemology' Timmons: 'Virtue Ethics' Virtue Ethics--SEP |
| Thu 4/12 |
Kornblith: 'Sosa on Human and Animal Knowledge' BonJour: 'Sosa on Knowledge, Justification, and Aptness' |
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| Tue 4/17 |
No Class -- Monday class schedule will be followed |
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| Thu 4/19 |
Virtue Epistemology |
Dancy: 'Supervenience, Virtues and Consequences' Sosa: 'Perspectives in Virtue Epistemology: A Response to Dancy and Bonjour' |
Axtell--'Recent Work on Virtue Epistemology' SEP: Virtue Epistemology Virtue Epistemology--The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Greco: 'Virtues and Rules in Epistemology' Zagzebski: 'From Reliabilism to Virtue Epistemology' Zagzebski: 'The Nature of Knowledge' pp. 299-339 Zagzebski: 'Epistemic Value Monism' Kvanvig: 'Plantinga's Proper Function Account of Warrant' Levin: 'Virtue Epistemology: No New Cures' Roberts&Wood 'Intellectual Virtues' Ch. 2 |
| Tue 4/24 |
Plantinga [K&S (35)] Feldman on Proper Function (pp. 99-105) |
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| Thu 4/26 | Montmarquet: 'Epistemic Virtue' | ||
| Tue 5/1 | Greco: 'Virtue in Epistemology' | ||
| Thu 5/3 |
Pritchard: 'Virtue Epistemology and the Acquisition of Knowledge' |
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| Tue 5/8 | Zagzebski: 'The Search for the Source of Epistemic Good' | ||
| Thu 5/10 | Zagzebski: 'The Nature of Knowledge' pp. 259-299 | ||
| Tue 5/15 |
Wrap up |
Sections from Roberts&Wood 'Intellectual Virtues' Ch. 1; (read pp. 6-20 'Virtue Epistemologies' and 'Defining Knowledge') |
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Final papers are due by noon on Thursday, May 24, 2007
You may submit your paper electronically via email, or you can leave a hardcopy of your paper in my mailbox (3rd floor on Bartlett hall, across the hall from office number 361)
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