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Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: Dr Howard Sankey
Prerequisite: Final honours standing in either History and Philosophy of Science or Philosophy.
Contact: A weekly 2-hour seminar
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- have a critical understanding of advanced topics in the theory of scientific knowledge;
- be familiar with the current literature on epistemological relativism.
Content:
Examination of foundational issues in the epistemology of science involving study of selected works from such key figures as Sextus Empiricus, Descartes, Hume, Popper, Kuhn and Feyerabend. The principal theme of the subject will be: the arguments for and the connections between epistemological scepticism, fallibilism and relativism.
Assessment:
One 5,000 word research essay.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 114)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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