Epistemology (5cr)
Course unit code: C-10122-FIL--FIA--090
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Institution
- University of Tampere
Objectives
After completing the course students understand and are more able to analyze the problems of epistemology, which have been introduced in the basic course. They are capable of assessing epistemological views, connect them with discussions in other fields of philosophy and the special sciences and describe their specifically philosophical nature.
Content
The study module deals with various forms of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge, knowing how, interpretation, empathy, bodily knowledge, and social knowledge, and their relations. It provides a deeper understanding of views on justification, evaluates the very requirement of justification and familiarizes the students with various types of justification (logical and mathematical proof, experience, evidence, testimony, beliefs shared in a community etc.).