Logic & Philosophy of Science

Course Description


Course:  LPS 102/Philos 102
Name:  Intro to Theory of Knowledge
Description:  We will start by studying the virtues and vices of the standard account of propositional knowledge as true justified belief, then we will turn to more recent accounts of knowledge. The course will include (among others) readings from Descartes, Hume, Kant, Peirce, Quine, and Putnum.

Textbook:  The Theory of Knowledge, Louis P. Pojman, Wadsworth Publishing Co.