Dec 21, 2024

2006-2007 Graduate Catalog

2006-2007 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

PHIL 411 - Theories and Problems of Knowledge

Study of various contemporary views of knowledge. Consideration of such problems as the conditions of meaning; the nature of truth; the relationship between sensation, perception, and intuition; the difference between knowing and believing; methods of verification; and types of judgment. Analysis of the works of such philosophers as Meinong, Husserl, Brentano, Russell, Lewis, Wittgenstein, and Austin. Emphasis on either analyzing several theories of knowledge or tracing a problem through the thought of several philosophers.

Credits: 3