Syllabus Introduction to - 15302

Last update 01-09-2020

HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Philosophy

Academic year: 0

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Ittay Nissan-Rozen

Coordinator Email: [email protected]

Coordinator Office Hours: TBA

Teaching Staff: Dr. Ittay Nissan

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Course/Module description: The first semester will be dedicated to an examination, from a contemporary point of view, of some of the central questions regarding knowledge, beliefs and justification, epistemology deals with. In the second semester several ongoing debates in epistemology will be introduced.

Course/Module aims: Helping the students acquire philosophical knowledge and philosophical tools.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: na

Attendance requirements(%): 80%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: reading based teaching

Course/Module Content: 1. No reading. 2. Jennifer Nagel, Knowledge: A very short introduction, Chapters 1+2. 3. Jennifer Nagel, Knowledge: A very short introduction, Chapter 4 + , Is justified true belief knowledge? 4. Jennifer Nagel, Knowledge: A very short introduction, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 + (beginning to read Srinivasan’s paper). 5. Amia Srinivasan, Radical Externalism. 6. Keith DeRose, Solving the Skeptical Problem, part 1 (approximately until page 29). 7. Keith DeRose, Solving the Skeptical Problem, part 2. 8. , Is Knowing a state of mind? Part 1 (approximately until page 20). 9. Timothy Williamson, Is Knowing a state of mind? Part 2. 10. W.V.O. Quine, Two Dogmas of . 11. W.V.O. Quine, Epistemology Naturalized. 12. Mike Titelbaum, Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology, Chapter 1. 13. Mike Titelbaum, Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology, Chapter 2. 14. Nelson Goodman, The new riddle of induction. 15. Mike Titelbaum, Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology, Chapter 3. 16. Mike Titelbaum, Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology, Chapter 4. 17. Sarah Moss, Epistemology Formalized.

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18. Elizabeth Jackson, How belief-credence dualism explains away pragmatic encroachment. 19. Elizabeth Anderson, Feminist Epistemology: an interpretation and a defense. 20. Adam Elga, Reflection and Disagreement. 21. Jennifer Lackey, What is justified group belief? Part 1 (approximately until page 28). 22. Jennifer Lackey, What is justified group belief? Part 2. 23. Jennifer Nagel, Intuitions and Experiments: A defense of the case method in epistemology. 24. No reading.

Required Reading: 1. No reading. 2. Jennifer Nagel, Knowledge: A very short introduction, Chapters 1+2. 3. Jennifer Nagel, Knowledge: A very short introduction, Chapter 4 + Edmund Gettier, Is justified true belief knowledge? 4. Jennifer Nagel, Knowledge: A very short introduction, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 + (beginning to read Srinivasan’s paper). 5. Amia Srinivasan, Radical Externalism. 6. Keith DeRose, Solving the Skeptical Problem, part 1 (approximately until page 29). 7. Keith DeRose, Solving the Skeptical Problem, part 2. 8. Timothy Williamson, Is Knowing a state of mind? Part 1 (approximately until page 20). 9. Timothy Williamson, Is Knowing a state of mind? Part 2. 10. W.V.O. Quine, Two Dogmas of Empiricism. 11. W.V.O. Quine, Epistemology Naturalized. 12. Mike Titelbaum, Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology, Chapter 1. 13. Mike Titelbaum, Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology, Chapter 2. 14. Nelson Goodman, The new riddle of induction. 15. Mike Titelbaum, Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology, Chapter 3. 16. Mike Titelbaum, Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology, Chapter 4. 17. Sarah Moss, Epistemology Formalized. 18. Elizabeth Jackson, How belief-credence dualism explains away pragmatic encroachment. 19. Elizabeth Anderson, Feminist Epistemology: an interpretation and a defense. 20. Adam Elga, Reflection and Disagreement. 21. Jennifer Lackey, What is justified group belief? Part 1 (approximately until page 28). 22. Jennifer Lackey, What is justified group belief? Part 2. 23. Jennifer Nagel, Intuitions and Experiments: A defense of the case method in epistemology. 24. No reading.

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Additional Reading Material: none

Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 75 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 0 % Project work 0 % Assignments 25 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 %

Additional information: none

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