Unit name | Knowledge and Reality |
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Unit code | PHIL10034 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Horsten |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
N/A |
Co-requisites |
N/A |
School/department | Department of Philosophy |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will introduce students to some of the central issues and arguments in contemporary metaphysics and epistemology and to some of the key tools used in contemporary analytic philosophy. Topics covered may include universals, causation, modality, the analysis of knowledge, contextualism, ontological commitment, vagueness, supervenience and reduction, and the analysis of definite descriptions.
On successful completion of the unit students will be able to:
22 x 1 hour lectures
11 x 1 hour seminars
Formative: 1,000 word essay designed to test ILOs 1-4.
Summative: take home exam (85%) designed to test ILOs 1-4.
Summative: collaborative written report (1000 words) giving a clear and effective summary and explanation of issues and ideas covered in the unit. (15%) Designed to test ILOs 1-5.
Lowe, E.J. A Survey of Metaphysics, OUP, 2002.
Crane, T., and K. Farkas, (eds.) Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology, OUP, 2004.
Gettier, E., “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” Analysis, 23, 121–123, 1963.
Steup, M., and E. Sosa, (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, Blackwell, 2005.