PHIL 3210 Knowledge and Reality

An exploration of core issues in contemporary theory of knowledge and common sense realism about the world, emphasizing questions about rationality of belief. Topics to be considered include: the nature of knowledge, skepticism and the sources of knowledge, theories of justification, the nature of truth, common sense realism, the reliability of perception, fallibilism, evidentialism, intellectual virtue, the variety of cognitive attitudes, and the scope and limits of science