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This is an advanced introduction to core topics in epistemology -- the philosophical study of knowledge. Questions covered will include: What is knowledge? Must all knowledge rest on secure foundations? What are the connections between knowledge and rationality? Can we answer skepticism and relativism? Should epistemology be primarily investigated from a naturalistic, normative, or social perspective? Prerequisite (for undergraduates): PHIL 80 and PHIL 150 or equivalent.

Grads enroll in 284B. Prerequisite: PHIL 80.

This course addresses central questions in collective epistemology, with a special focus on inquiring together. Students will gain familiarity with foundational issues in epistemology and philosophy of action before turning to debates about institutional belief, group assertion, expert deference, joint evidence, and the interaction of the social and epistemic in inquiry. Prerequisite: PHIL 80. Limited to 12.