ClassInfo - Spring 2021 Philosophy Classes

Spring 2021 | PHIL 8130 Section 001: Seminar: Epistemology (65871)

Instructor(s): Catharine Saint-Croix
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:: 6 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Completely Online
Class Attributes:: Online Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021

Wed 03:00PM - 05:30PM

Off Campus

UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:: Open (3 of 20 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Problems in the theory of knowledge. Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: 4105 or instr consent
Class Notes:: This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. "What separates humans from other animals?" is a difficult (perhaps unanswerable) question. Among the candidate answers, however, "the capacity to know" ranks quite high. But, if this is right, it raises a question: Why did it take so long for philosophers to recognize this central facet of humanity as a site of injustice? In this seminar, we focus on epistemic injustice and the ethics of belief, looking for an answer to this question and many others. We will study moral and pragmatic encroachment, testimonial injustice, doxastic wronging, standpoint epistemology, the relationship between legal and epistemic conceptions of evidence, and more, with an eye toward emerging topics in the fields of social and feminist philosophy. Throughout the semester, we will hear from speakers in these fields as we study their work.
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