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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Course objectives:
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to some of the key movements and tendencies in modern and contemporary epistemology (such as empiricism and rationalism, internalism and externalism, reliabilism) and to the epistemology of science.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus):
1. rationalism (2L)
2. empiricism (2L)
3. nativism (2L)
4. induction (2L)
5. testability (2L)
6. simplicity (2L)
7. explanatory power, anomalies (2L)
8. conservatism (2L)
9. fertility (2L)
10. reliabilism: Goldman (2L)
11. BonJour's criticism of externalism (2L)
12. Foley's criticism of reliabilism (2L)
13. epistemology and artificial intelligence: introduction (2L)
14. epistemology and artificial intelligence: task environments (2L)
15. epistemology and artificial intelligence: intelligent agents (2L)

Format of instruction: lectures

Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam:
The final course grade is based on oral exam and class attendance

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences:
student questionnaire on the quality of teaching and teachers at the university level

1. a good understanding of reliabilism
2. a thorough understanding of the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning
3. skills needed to identify inductive reasoning in action
4. a clear understanding of the difference between various problems of induction
5. a clear idea of pragmatic virtues
6. a clear understanding of the role pragmatic virtues play in theory choice
7. a good comprehension of the relation between epistemology and artificial intelligence

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3. Božičević, V. (ur.), Filozofija britanskog empirizma, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1996., , Božičević, V., Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1996.
4. Čuljak, Z. (ur.), Vjerovanje, opravdanje, znanje. Suvremene teorije znanja i epistemičkoga opravdanja, Ibis grafika, Zagreb, 2003., , Čuljak, Z., Ibis grafika, Zagreb, 2003.
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6. Kuhn, T., Struktura znanstvenih revolucija, Jesenski & Turk, Zagreb, 2002., , Kuhn, T., Jesenski i Turk, Zagreb, 2002.

1. Berčić, B., Filozofija Bečkog kruga, Kruzak, Zagreb, 2002., , Berčić, B., Kruzak, Zagreb, 2002.
2. Berkeley, G.,Odabrane filozofske rasprave, Kruzak, Zagreb 1999., , Berkeley, G., Kruzak, Zagreb, 1999.
3. Dancy, J.,Uvod u suvremenu epistemologiju, Hrvatski studiji, Zagreb, 2001., , Dancy, J., Hrvatski studiji, Zagreb, 2001.
4. Descartes, R.Razmišljanja o prvoj filozofiji, Demetra, Zagreb, 1993., , Descartes, R., Demetra, Zagreb, 1993.
5. Goodman, N., Fact, Fiction, and Forecast, Harvard University Press, 1983., , Goodman, N., Harvard University Press, 1983.
6. Hempel, C. G. Aspects of Scientific Explanation and Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, The Free Press, 1965., , Hempel, C. G., The Free Press, 1965.
7. Hume, D. Istraživanje o ljudskom razumu, Naprijed, Zagreb 1988., , Hume, D., Naprijed, Zagreb, 1988.
8. Leibniz, G. W., Izabrani spisi, Naprijed, Zagreb 1980., , Leibniz, G. W., Naprijed, Zagreb, 1980.
9. Leibniz, G. W., Novi ogledi o ljudskom razumu, Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo 1986., , Leibniz, G. W., Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1986.
10. Locke, J., Ogled o ljudskom razumu, sv. I i II, Breza, Zagreb 2007., , Locke, J., Breza, Zagreb, 2007.
11. Popper, K. Logika naučnog otkrića, Nolit, Beograd 1973., , Popper, K., Nolit, Beograd, 1973.
12. Russell, S., i Norvig, P.,Artificial Intelligence. A Modern Approach, Pearson Education 2003., , Russell, S., i Norvig, P., Pearson Education, 2003.
13. Sesardić, N., Filozofija nauke,Nolit, Beograd, 1985., , Sesardić, N., Nolit, Beograd, 1985.
14. Whewell, W., Theory of Scientific Method, Hackett Publishing Company 1989.., , Whewell, W., Hackett Publishing Company, 1989.
15. Škarica, Dario, i Hanžek, Ljudevit, "Goldmanov historijski reliabilizam", Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, 2011, http://www.ffst.hr/dokumenti/izdavastvo/predavanja/epistemologija.pdf, , Hanžek, Lj., i Škarica, D., Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, 2011.

Mandatory course - Regular studij - Philosophy