PY5402 Advanced Epistemology

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

Curricular information may be subject to change

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 11

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

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Module coordinator

Prof J A Brown

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Module Staff

Prof Jessica Brown Dr Patrick Greenough

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Module description

In this module we will address a range of advanced issues in contemporary Epistemology. Topics will include: Basic Knowledge, Contextualist and Relativist Theories of Knowledge, Epistemic Closure, Sceptical Paradoxes, Lottery Paradoxes, Self-knowledge, The possibility of Apriori Knowledge, Knowledge and Assertion, Knowledge and Practical Interests, Internalism and Externalism, Fallibilism, Intuition, Reliabilism, Minimalist Theories of Knowledge.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment