EPISTEMOLOGY
Péter Hartl & Tihamér Margitay
hp.hpeter@gmail.com, margitay@filozofia.bme.hu
Dept. of Philosophy and the History of Science
E610, www.filozofia.bme.hu
- Syllabus 1. Introduction. Main problems and concepts of epistemology.
Dancy, Jonathan: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology , Blackwell,
1985., 7-23.
Gettier, Edmund (1963): “Is justified true belief knowledge?”, Analysis 23/6,
121-123.
2. Perception. Objects of perception. The argument form illusion. Indirect
realism, representationalism, sense data theory. Phenomenalism. Direct realism.
Problems with direct realism. Primary and secondary qualities. Causal theory of
perception.
Dancy, J.: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Blackwell, 1985., 143183.
“Perception, Objects of”. http://www.iep.utm.edu/perc-obj/
3. Induction. Knowledge of inductive generalizations. Enumerative and
statistical induction. Hume's problem of induction. Goodman's new riddle of
induction. Natural laws and their justification.
Dancy, J.: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Blackwell, 1985., 197212.
4. Foundationalist theories of knowledge. Basic beliefs. Incorrigible appearance
beliefs. Problems with foundationalism.
Dancy, Jonathan: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology , Blackwell,
1985., 53-66.
Schlick, Moritz: “On the Foundation of Knowledge” („Über das Fundament der
Erkenntnis”) In Philosophical Papers, vol II. (1925-1936), ed. H. Mulder and
Barbara van de Velde-Schlick, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dortrecht, 1979.,
370-388.
5. Coherence theory and holism. The coherence theory of justification. The
coherence theory of truth. Problems with coherentism.
Dancy, J.: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Blackwell, 1985., 97127.
John L. Pollock, Joseph Cruz: Contemporary theories of knowledge (2. ed.),
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, USA, 1999., 66-80.
6. Externalist theories of justification. Reliabilism. Response to scepticism
from a reliabilist viewpoint.
Dancy, J.: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Blackwell, 1985., 311
36; 46-49.
Goldman, Alvin: „What is justified belief?” In George Pappas (ed.),
Justification and Knowledge, D. Reidel, 1979, 1-23.
7. Epistemic norms. Intellectualist model of knowing. Truths of reason. A priori
knowledge. Problems with analytic-synthetic distinction.
Dancy, J.: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Blackwell, 1985., 212227.
Audi, Robert: Epistemology. A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of
Knowledge (2. ed.), Routledge, 2003, 93-119.
8. Naturalized epistemology. Criticism of naturalized epistemology.
Dancy, J.: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Blackwell, 1985., 233243.
Dupré, John: Human nature and the limits of science, Oxford University Press,
2001, 1-44.
9. Social epistemology, sociology of knowledge. Bloor's strong programme as
naturalized epistemology. Problems of strong programme.
Bloor, David: Knowledge and Social Imagery, Routledge, 1976, 1-74. o.
10. Realism, anti-realism, relativism, pragmatism, conventionalism.
Rorty, Richard: “Pragmatism, Relativism, Irrationalism”, In Consequences of
pragmatism (Essays 1972-1980), University of Minnesota Press, 1982., 160-176.
11. Introduction to phenomenology. Phenomenology and cognitive science.
Shaun Gallagher, Dan Zahavi: The Phenomenological Mind. An Introduction to
Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, Routledge, 2008., 1-46.
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