The objective of this course is to familiarise the student with the basic epistemological concepts, problems, debates, and lines of reasoning.
Course content:
1. introduction (2L)
2. sources of knowledge and justification: perception (2L)
3. belief (2L)
4. justification (2L)
5. sources of knowledge and justification: introspection (2L)
6. correspodence theory of truth (2L)
7. skepticism (2L)
8. James's pragmatic theory of truth (2L)
9. coherence theory of truth (2L)
10. sources of knowledge and justification: reason (2L)
11. the Gettier problem, internalism i externalism (2L)
12. sources of knowledge and justification: memory, testimony (2L)
13. realism i antirealism (2L)
14. foundationalism i coherentism (2L)
15. naturalized epistemology (2L)
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- clearly understand the basic concepts of epistemology (such as justification, knowledge, prima facie justification etc.);
- fully understand the central problems in epistemology (e. g. the Gettier problem) and their attempted solutions
- reliably differentiate between main epistemological positions (such as foundationalism and coherentism, internalism and externalism, skepticism, etc.)
- identify particular background epistemological beliefs implicitly present in a text
- properly understand the most influential arguments for particualr epistemological positions;
- precisely distinguish between various sources of knowledge and justification
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- Problem saznanja, , Ayer, Alfred Jules, Nolit, Beograd, 1963.
- Vjerovanje, opravdanje, znanje. Suvremene teorije znanja i epistemičkoga opravdanja, , Čuljak, Zvonimir (ur.), Ibis grafika, 2003.
- Uvod u suvremenu epistemologiju, , Dancy, Jonathan, Hrvatski studiji, Zagreb, 2001.
- Epistemologija. Vodič u teorije znanja, , Greco, Sosa (ur.), Jesenski i Turk, Zagreb, 2004.
- Filozofija spoznaje, , Macan, Ivan, Filozofsko-teološki institut Družbe Isusove, Zagreb, 1997.
- Problemi filozofije, , Russell, Bertrand, Nolit, Beograd, 1980.
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