Readings are on the Canvas course site.Ĭourse objectives: 1) to introduce you to a range of philosophical concepts and arguments 2) to improve your analytical skills in reading, writing, and thinking. These are transferable skills that you will be able to use in all aspects of your life and future careers. We will consider such questions as: how do we know the things we know? What kinds of things do we know? What is the ground of our beliefs? What are the best methods for acquiring and maintaining beliefs? Is the scientific method a plausible method and if so how? Is truth relative or objective? Are certain kinds of truth relative such as truths about morality? Should we adopt a pluralist framework about values in society? What implications does implicit bias have for our knowledge claims? What is the real impact of epistemic objectification? Is death bad for us? What makes life meaningful? We will address these questions using the main tools and methods of philosophy: critical and constructive thinking, careful and charitable textual analysis, identification and evaluation of arguments, clear and concise writing.
This course is a journey through the central problems of epistemology and its applications to ourselves, the sciences, and society. It tackles questions about things that we are intimately familiar with but asks them at a level too general for the sciences. Office hours on Zoom: Fri 1pm-3pm (and by appointment)Ĭourse description: Philosophy is about abstract topics that are interwoven with our lives and society.
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