FF:PHBG Epistemology - Course Information
PHBG Epistemology
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Thu 14:00–15:40 A11, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PHBP Proseminar
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course is dedicated to the basic categories, definitions, questions and reasons related to the concept of knowledge.
- Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to:
- define basic epistemological concepts;
- identify the criteria of the partial conceptions of knowledge and describe their strengths and weaknesses;
- distinguish between different conceptions of justification;
- understand the role of science in a general perspective - Syllabus
- 01. epistemological questions
- 02. knowledge
- 03. skepticism
- 04. analysis of propositional knowledge: Gettier examples
- 05. internalism
- 06. externalism
- 07. perception
- 08. analytic and synthetic
- 09. social epistemology
- 10. epistemology and science
- 11. epistemology and probability
- Literature
- recommended literature
- BONJOUR, Laurence. Epistemic justivication : internalism vs. externalism, foundations vs. virtues. Edited by Ernest Sosa. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell, 2003, 240 s. ISBN 9780631182849. info
- AUDI, Robert. Epistemology : a contemporary introduction to the theory of knowledge. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2003, xvi, 352. ISBN 9780415281096. info
- A companion to epistemology. Edited by Jonathan Dancy - Ernest Sosa. 1st pub. in paperback. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1993, xv, 541. ISBN 0631192581. info
- not specified
- Contemporary debates in epistemology. Edited by Ernest Sosa - Matthias Steup. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell, 2005, x, 348. ISBN 9781405107389. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion
- Assessment methods
- one test approximately in the middle of the semester (1/4 of the total grade), the second test at the end of the semester (3/4 of the total grade)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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