161-434 Epistemology and Metaphysics

Formerly available as 161-041. Students who have completed 161-041 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in philosophy.

Selected issues in contemporary epistemology and metaphysics. The focus for 2007 will be on the implications of divine rationality and goodness for God's overall providential policies; attention will be paid to the problem of evil as an objection to the existence of God.

• be able to understand both the heart of a philosophical issue and its broader implications;

• have learnt to form a critical understanding of philosophical texts;

• have developed their skills to construct rigorous philosophical arguments.

A 5000-word essay 100% (due at the end of semester).

A subject reader will be available.