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PHIL256: Knowledge and Reality |
This unit introduces central philosophical problems about relations between knowledge and reality, or about our 'hook-up' to the world. Topics covered may include perception, colour, dreams, memory and the past, scepticism, the nature of explanation, rationality and irrationality, perspectivism, subjectivity and objectivity, testimony, and certainty. Students will continue to develop skills in argument by addressing key questions about realism and relativism in a range of philosophical domains.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr CynthiaTownley |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp or admission to GDipPhil
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| NCCWs: | PHIL353
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| Unit Designations: |
Science
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Philosophy |
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