EPISTEMOLOGY

Professor: Charles Wallis	Office Phone: 822-4939

Office: Buchanan E375	Office Hours: T,TH 1-2:30 and by appointment

e-mail: wallis @ unix.ubc.ca

BOOKS:

The Theory of Knowledge, ed.Louis Pojman

Naturalizing Epistemology, ed Kornblith

SCHEDULE/READINGS

WK 1:	Introduction to the course, Scepticism: The Central Problem of Classical Epistemology

Readings: Descartes p.28 in Theories

WK 2:	Classical Epistemology: Foundationalism and Coherentism

Readings: Pojman 's Introduction p.187 in Theories, Descartes p. 192 in Theories

WK 3: Classical Epistemology: Foundationalism and Coherentism

Readings: BonJour p.226 in Theories, Sosa in Theories p.

Last Day to Withdraw Without W the 17th

WK 4:	Natutalized Epistemology as a Framework for Epistemology

Readings: Kornblith 's Introduction p.1 in Naturalizing, Quine p.15 in Naturalizing

WK 5:	Natutalized Epistemology as a Framework for Epistemology

Readings: Kim p.33 in Naturalizing

Mid-term handed out Monday the 30th

WK 6:	Naturalistic Theories: Causal theories and Reliabilism

Readings: Gettier p. 134 in Theories, Goldman p.137 in Theories

Last Day to Withdraw with W on 11th

WK 7:	Naturalistic Theories: Causal theories and Reliabilism

Readings: Goldman p. 292 in Theories

Thanksgiving on the Monday the 14th no classes

Mid-term Due Friday the 18th

SCHEDULE/READINGS

WK 8: Naturalistic Theories: Causal theories and Reliabilism

Readings: Kornblith p.131 in Naturalizing

WK 9: Naturalistic Theories: Causal theories and Reliabilism

Readings: Dretske p.217 in Naturalizing

WK 10: Classical Epistemology's Criticism

Readings: BonJour 's " Externalist Theories of Empirical Knowledge" (photocopy)

WK 11: Classical Epistemology's Criticism

Readings: Lehrer p.306 in Theories

Remembrance Day Monday the 11th, no classes

WK 12: Naturalized Epistemology's Response

Readings: Goldman's "The Internalist Conception of Justification" (photocopy)

Final Exams handed out on Monday the 18th

WK 13: Epistemic Obligation

Readings: Feldman p. 544 in Theories

FINAL DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD AT 2PM

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

I will base course grades exclusively upon two take-home tests covering the material in the course readings. The take-home tests are to be written individually, i.e., word for word identical papers will not be accepted. If at any point I judge that there is too much "collaboration" on answers, the remainder of the tests will be in class essay format.