A. At least three of the following areas:
1. The nature of reason, the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning, and the nature of the scientific method.
2. The nature of knowledge and belief, including rationalist and empiricist approaches (e.g., Plato, Hume, Russell).
3. Foundational and non-foundational views about the nature of knowledge and belief, and about the difficulties they face (e.g., Descartes, Wittgenstein, Bonjour).
4. Different theories of truth, such as correspondence, coherence, pragmatic, and semantical (e.g., Locke, Blanchard, Quine, Tarski).
5. Metaphysical, scientific, existential, phenomenological, religious, personal and other possible approaches to truth, knowledge, and belief (e.g., Sartre, Heidegger, Polyani).
B. Sample illustrative problems (three or more, at least one in depth, may be integrated with the presentation of the above theory):
1. The problem of scepticism, generally, or of the knowledge of the external world, of other minds, of the self, of God, or spiritual reality (e.g., Nagel, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Descartes, Kant, Russell).
2. The challenges to foundationalism and coherentism and possible solutions (e.g., Wittgenstein, Bonjour, Rorty).
3. How we can have knowledge of universals and/or of abstract ideas (e.g., Plato, Russell, Wittgenstein, Locke, Berkeley, Hume).
4. How we can have knowledge of the self or of the person, of consciousness, of the relation of mind to body, and/or in moral matters (e.g., Locke, K. Campbell, Nagel).
5. How we can have knowledge of human nature and how this relates to our scientific understanding of the world (e.g., Plato, Nagel, Stevenson).
6. How we can have knowledge or belief in free will, and how this relates to our scientific understanding of the world (e.g., Sartre, Nagel, Williams).
7. How we can have knowledge or belief about God or about religious experiences, and how this relates to our scientific understanding of the world (e.g., Hume, Kant, James).
The course will employ a variety of instructional methods to accomplish its objectives, including some of the following:
Lecture and discussion, approximately two hours of each per week - perhaps also including some smaller group work.
Evaluation will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with Douglas College policy. The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific criteria during the first week of classes.
An example of a possible evaluation scheme would be:
| Tests, quizzes and short assignments | 20% - 50% |
| Written class presentations, essays, essay exams | 20% - 60% |
| Intructor's general evaluation (e.g., participation, attendance, homework, extra-credit, group work) |
0% - 20% |
At the conclusion of the course the successful student will be able to:
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
Texts will be updated periodically. Typical examples are:
SAMPLE TEXTS (similar texts and/or more than one text may be used with permission of the Department):
Bernecker, S. & Dretske, F. Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Moser, P.K. & Nat, A. V. Human Knowledge: Classical and Contemporary Approaches, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Pojman, L. The Theory of Knowledge: Classical and Contemporary Readings, 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2003.
No prerequisite courses.
No corequisite courses.
No equivalent courses.
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|---|---|
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| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU PHIL 102 (3) |
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| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU PHIL 1100 (3) |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG PHIL 1101 (3) |
| Okanagan College (OC) | OC PHIL 1XX (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG PHIL 1103 (3) & DOUG PHIL 1152 (3) = SFU PHIL 100 (3) & SFU PHIL 203 (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU PHIL 100 (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU PHIL 2140 (3) |
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| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | DOUG PHIL 1103 (3) & DOUG PHIL 1151 (3) = UBCO PHIL 111 (3) & UBCO PHIL 121 (3) |
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| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV PHIL 120 (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC PHIL 1XX (1.5) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU PHIL 111 (3) |