Texts under discussion:
READ
Peter Ellerton, “How do you know that what you know is true? Thats epistemology (Links to an external site.),” The Conversation, August 3, 2017
WATCH
“The Meaning of Knowledge: Crash Course Philosophy #7 (Links to an external site.),” YouTube
Answer one of the following questions:
What seems to be the connection between epistemology and science? To what extent does does a scientific community depend on collaboration to produce knowledge of the world? Explain.
What seems to be the connection between epistemology and democracy? To what extent does a democratic public must share standards of knowledge? Explain.
If our primary means of acquiring knowledge are first-person observation and the testimony of others, to what extent do we relies on other for what we know? To what extent should we rely on others?
How does the concept of “justified true belief” help you think about your own sense of “knowing” things? Given that Edmund Gettier revealed the shortcomings of the “justified true belief” conception of knowledge, what might we use as a new standard?
