Epistemology is the philosophical study of the nature, scope and sources of knowledge, and of related phenomena such as evidence and justification for belief. We will investigate competing answers to epistemological questions such as: To what extent can we have knowledge, in the face of skeptical arguments? What justifies holding a belief: evidence that it is true, or can we justify believing contrary to our evidence if doing so benefits us? Are our beliefs about other people or ourselves shaped by implicit biases? If so, to what extent do such biases undermine our knowledge of ourselves and others?
Epistemology is the philosophical study of the nature, scope and sources of knowledge, and of related phenomena such as evidence and justification for belief. We will investigate competing answers to epistemological questions such as: To what extent can we have knowledge, in the face of skeptical arguments? What justifies holding a belief: evidence that it is true, or can we justify believing contrary to our evidence if doing so benefits us? Are our beliefs about other people or ourselves shaped by implicit biases? If so, to what extent do such biases undermine our knowledge of ourselves and others?
