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2023-242024-25
Module will run
Occurrence
Teaching period
A
Spring Term 2022-23
Module aims
To introduce some fundamental issues in epistemology.
Module learning outcomes
Explain and critically assess some accounts of the nature of knowledge Explain and critically assess some accounts of ways of acquiring knowledge Develop core philosophical skills, including the ability to define key terminology, accurately describe philosophical positions, evaluate philosophical arguments.
Indicative assessment
Task
% of module mark
Essay/coursework
100
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
Task
% of module mark
Essay/coursework
100
Module feedback
Feedback on formative essays by Week 9 Spring Term
Feedback on summative essays by Week 7 Summer Term
Indicative reading
J Dancy, An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology (Blackwell, 1985).
D Pritchard, What is this Thing Called Knowledge? (Routledge 2009)
Steup and Sosa, Contemporary Debates in Epistemology (Blackwell, 2004).