Philosophy 250 - EPISTEMOLOGY-IGNORANCE

Spring
2019
01
4.00
Elizabeth Spelman
TTh 03:00-04:20
Smith College
30533-S19
HATFLD 104
espelman@smith.edu
Topics course: What is Ignorance? Is it simply lack of knowledge? What is its relation to illusion, deception, self-deception? What is the difference between being ignorant of something and ignoring it? Is ignorance something for which one can be held responsible? Something for which one can be punished? Something for which one can be rewarded? To what social and political ends has ignorance been put, and how?
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