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PHIL3685: Scepticism: From Illusion to Reality
2024 unit information
How do we tell what is reality or illusion? How can we know that we do not just project our own feelings and thoughts onto reality? Are we perhaps dreaming or brains in a vat? This unit will address these and related questions by analysing sceptical arguments and theories of knowledge from antiquity to early modern philosophy and beyond into the twentieth century (e.g. the antiskeptical pragmatist tradition). Students will engage in skepticism and epistemology from an historical context, connecting with contemporary topics in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of mind.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Philosophy
| Code | PHIL3685 |
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| Academic unit | Philosophy |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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PHIL2667 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. assess concepts and theories about knowledge and skeptical denial throughout history and into present times.
- LO2. analzye skeptical arguments and theories of knowledge employed to combat them.
- LO3. enhance oral and written expression with a view to the audience and context of utterance.
- LO4. develop new criticisms of skeptical thinking and of theories of knowledge and justification.
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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