EPISTEMOLOGY
Dr. Lee Office Hrs: MWF: 3-4
Phone: 283-6245 x 2361 TR: 2-3
E-mail:
plee@franciscan.eduWebsite: www2.franciscan.edu/plee Spring 2005
| Jan | 18 | Introduction; Descartes |
| 20 | Descartes | |
| Descartes in Photocopied readings (P), 1-8 | ||
| 25 | Descartes | |
| Descartes in P, 8-15 | ||
| 27 | Descartes | |
| Feb | 1 | Critique of Descartes |
| Leibniz in W, pp. 567-568, p. 584, #28-29; Berkeley in W, pp. 682-685, #17-32 | ||
| 3 | Skepticism, Knowledge and Justification | |
| Crumley, 1-10; 18-28 | ||
| 8 | Skepticism, Knowledge and Justification | |
| Russell in W, Ch. III (pp. 1146-1149) | ||
| 10 | Skepticism, Knowledge and Justification | |
| C, 66-76, 79-83 | ||
| 15 | Skepticism, Knowledge and Justification | |
| 17 | Knowledge and Justification: Foundationalism | |
| C, 93-105 | ||
| 22 | Structure of Knowledge: Foundationalism | |
| 105-110; 113-118 | ||
| 24 | TEST #1 | |
| Mar | 1 | Perception |
| C, 252-262; 268-272 | ||
| 3 | Perception | |
| C, 274-278 | ||
| 15 | Hume and Kant | |
| Hume in W, pp. 732-733; 757-765; Kant in W, pp. 876-877 | ||
| 17 | Kant | |
| Kant in W, 878-890-900 | ||
| 22 | Kant | |
| Kant in W, 927-938 | ||
| 24 | Kant | |
| Dohenty on Kant, Internet Assignment | ||
| 29 | Aristotle and Aquinas: Knowledge in General and Sensation | |
| Dohenty and Aquinas on Internet | ||
| 31 | Test #2 | |
| Apr | 5 | Aristotle and Aquinas: Knowledge in General and Sensation |
| Dohenty on Internet | ||
| 7 | Aquinas on Intellectual Knowledge | |
| Internet Assignment | ||
| 12 | Aquinas on Judgment and Truth | |
| Internet Assignment | ||
| 14 | Historicism | |
| Gadamer, Internet | ||
| 19 | Historicism | |
| 21 | Faith and Reason | |
| Aquinas, Internet Assignment | ||
| 26 | Faith and Reason | |
| Aquinas, Internet Assignment | ||
| 28 | Faith and Reason | |
| May | 3 | Conclusion |
| 7 (Sat) | FINAL EXAM (8:00 AM) |
Outline of Paper due: March 31. Paper due: April 19. For more concerning the paper, calculation of grades, and other issues, please see Course Information Sheet.