? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : PPL-3-U04093

This course offers a thorough introduction to contemporary epistemology. It will explore key themes by examining relatively short arguments for or against epistemological views such as foundationalism, coherentism, internalism, scepticism, and others

? Pre-requisites : Philosophy 2A or Philosophy 2B

Home subject area

Philosophy, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 15/01/2009 11:10 13:00 Dugald Stewart Building, Room G.06

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Thursday 11:10 13:00 Central

To develop further the philosophical skills, and to extend as well as deepen the philosophical knowledge, acquired in previous philosophy courses

The course will be assessed by one 1500 word essay due roughly half way through the semester and a final 2000 word essay due at the end of the semester. The first essay will make up 40% of the assessment and the second essay will be worth 60% of the final assessment.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Moira Avraam
Tel : (0131 6)50 3661
Email : Moira.Avraam@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Jesper Kallestrup
Email : jesper.kallestrup@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/ug_study/ug_honours/ug_hons_index.html

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/