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Belief, Truth and Knowledge
Summer 2010
Session 2 (June 28th - August 6th)
Monday – Thursday, 3:30 – 5:05pm
Place: 3rd floor seminar room (5 Washington Pl)
Course #: V83.0076
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Course Description
Despite its title, this course will have little to do with the nature of Belief and Truth. It will touch upon the nature of Knowledge, but only tangentially. Instead, the main focus will be on the nature of Rationality and Objectivity. The course will be split into two parts. In the first part we will talk about Skepticism, the view on which we know nothing (or close to nothing) about the world. We will spend most of our time examining and trying to respond to the most powerful Skeptical arguments that seem to show that none of our beliefs about the world are even reasonable. This will lead us to discuss broader issues about the rationality of our beliefs, which will be our springboard for talking about objectivity. In the second part of the course we will try to get a better understanding of what objectivity is, whether there are any objective facts and whether we can have objective reasons to believe anything. I will also be open to exploring some additional topics, depending on the interests of the class. |
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