Phil 211: Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology

 

Instructor: Chris Eliasmith [mail me]

Course Description: This course is intended for students who have already had one or two introductory level philosophy courses. The students will be introduced to the logical and conceptual tools needed to understand the central historical and contemporary problems of both metaphysics and epistemology. Areas of study include justification, the debate over foundationalism and coherentism, reliablism, naturalistic and nonnaturalistic epistemology, the nature of modality, identity through time, and the determinism/free will debate.

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If you have any questions, feel free to email me at chris@twinearth.wustl.edu.

Last updated Aug 98