Philosophy 210 - COLQ:ISSUES/RECENT/CONTEM PHIL

Topics course This course in contemporary epistemology examines the sources and structure of knowledge, belief, justification, and rationality. Topics include: skepticism; whether targets of oppression have privileged epistemic standpoints; probabilistic epistemology; whether we should change our beliefs when we discover that peers disagree with us; what to believe when we lose track of our location in time and space; what information our position as human observers gives us about other universes, aliens, and the extinction of humanity; and how much we should trust our past, present, and future selves. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Cannot be repeated for credit. Enrollment limited to 20. (E)

Topic: Knowledge and Rationality.