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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr Bruce Langtry.
Prerequisites: One first-year single-semester Philosophy subject. Students who lack this prerequisite, but believe themselves adequately prepared to attempt any second/third year subjects, should consult the Head of Department.
Contact: Up to three hours a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject students should be able to:
- show an understanding of the issues raised in the subject;
- display acquaintance with some important past contributions to the discussion of those issues;
- indicate an awareness of how the subject matter of the subject is related to broader concerns in contemporary philosophy;
- manifest philosophical skill in arguing in an alert and well informed way for conclusion related to issues raised in the subject.
Content:
Basic concepts and problems of epistemology, e. g. the definition of knowledge, the nature of justification, the relationship between justification and truth.
Assessment:
One 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50 per cent) and an assignment of no more than 3,000 words (50 per cent).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 140)
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