This course is designed to provide mid and upper-level students with a broad overview of modern epistemology and metaphysics. Our emphasis will be slightly toward the epistemic side of things, with metaphysical issues taking up the last five weeks of the course.
Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge and justified belief.
Metaphysics is the study of very general concepts and properties that apply to all objects. We will deal with two broadly metaphysical issues. The last two weeks of class have been left open to discuss topics of interest to students in the class. The tests will be of the essay variety, and a list of study questions will be handed out in advance. The final is non-cumulative.