The course serves as a general introduction to issues in metaphysics and epistemology. The central focus is on how a perceiving subject can acquire knowledge of the world in which it finds itself. Topics may include perception, belief, truth, knowledge, skepticism, realism and anti-realism, and the relation between minds and matter. The connections between these issues will enable the investigation of a number of interesting and perplexing paradoxes.
The course serves as a general introduction to issues in metaphysics and epistemology. The central focus is on how a perceiving subject can acquire knowledge of the world in which it finds itself. Topics may include perception, belief, truth, knowledge, skepticism, realism and anti-realism, and the relation between minds and matter. The connections between these issues will enable the investigation of a number of interesting and perplexing paradoxes.
