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• Clearing Paper Topics:
  • To officially clear your paper topic, you must submit a one-paragraph summary of your topic. The summary is due in class on Nov. 27.
• Changes in due dates:
  • Date to clear final paper topics is now Nov. 27
  • Final paper is now due Dec. 11
• Extra office hours:
  • Thursday, Nov. 20, 1:30-3:30
    
  • Tuesday, Nov. 25, 9:30-10:30

SYLLABUS

READINGS

1. Sep. 11, Thursday
   • "Is Justified True Belief Knolwedge?", Edmund L. Gettier
   • First two meditations of "Meditations on First Philosophy", Rene Descartes
2. Sep. 16, Tuesday
   • "The Regress Problem and Foundationalism", Laurence Bonjour
   • "The Myth of the Given", Roderick Chisholm
3. Sep. 23, Thursday (delayed from Sep. 18)
• "Does Empirical Knowledge Have Foundations?", Wilfrid Sellars
4. Oct. 2, Thursday
   • "Externalist Versions of Foundationalism", Chapter 3 of The Structure of Empirical Knowledge, Laurence Bonjour
5. Oct. 9, Thursday
   • "The Elements of Coherentism", Chapter 5 of The Structure of Empirical Knowledge, Laurence Bonjour
6. Oct. 16, Thursday
   • "Coherence and Observation", Chapter 6 of The Structure of Empirical Knowledge, Laurence Bonjour
     • Focus on sections 6.1, 6.3, and 6.4
7. Oct. 21, Tuesday
   • "Answers to Objections", Chapter 7 of The Structure of Empirical Knowledge, Laurence Bonjour
     • Focus on section 7.1
   • "Coherence and Truth", Chapter 8 of The Structure of Empirical Knowledge, Laurence Bonjour
     • Focus on sections 8.1 and 8.3
8. Oct. 23, Thursday
   • "Is Infinitism the Solution to the Regress Problem?", Peter Kelin
9. Oct. 28, Tuesday
   • "Infinitism is not the Solution to the Regress Problem", Carl Ginet
   • Klein vs. Ginet - Replies
10. Oct. 30, Thursday
    • "There Is Immediate Justification", James Pryor
11. Nov. 11, Tuesday
    • "Basic Knowledge and the Problem of Easy Knowledge", Stewart Cohen
12. Nov. 25, Tuesday
    • "A Contextualist Solution to the Problem of Easy Knowledge", Ram Neta

NOTES

• Sep. 9
• Sep. 11
• Sep. 16 & 18
• Sep. 23
• Oct. 2 & 7
• Oct. 9 & 14
• Oct. 16 & 21
• Oct. 23
• Oct. 28
• Oct. 30
• Nov. 13
• Dec. 2
• Dec. 4
  

HOMEWORK

1. First Short Writing Assignment -- Due Sep. 30
2. Second Short Writing Assignment -- Due Oct. 14
3. Third Short Writing Assignment -- Due Oct. 28
4. Fourth Short Writing Assignment -- Due Nov. 11
5. Fifth Short Writing Assignment -- Due Nov. 25
   

FINAL PAPER

• Final papers should be 4,000-6,000 words (about 10-15 pages)
• Deadline to Clear Paper Topics: November 27
• Final Papers Due: December 11
• Papers should be turned in via UTM Submit