PHL 110 WHAT CAN WE KNOW?
This course introduces students to the amazing diversity of knowledge. Explore questions such as: How does scientific knowledge differ from literary insight, moral intuition and spiritual wisdom? When are doubt and skepticism justified and when do these cautions keep us from risking to know the world in new ways? When is certainty unquestionable, difficult, undesirable or simply impossible? Humans have limitations. Does it follow that human knowledge also has limitations besides error and ignorance? Knowledge is growing, but are we growing more knowledgeable or just more full of information? Must real knowledge be universal and/or accessible to everyone or is some knowledge personal and/or private? Join us in thinking philosophically about what we really know about knowledge.
Offered
Offered fall and spring.