UNSW Handbook Course - Contemporary Epistemology and Metaphysics

Contemporary Epistemology and Metaphysics - PHIL5004


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Philosophy
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 8
	EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 2
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Excluded: PHIL2208, PHIL2109
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

Examines some of the central issues in recent analytic epistemology such as those relating to theories of truth, evidence, scepticism, fallibilism, contextualism, relativism and the possibility of non-absolute knowledge. Depending on student requirements, the course also examines central issues in contemporary metaphysics such as the nature of natural and social reality, the existence of god, minds, free will, death and moral responsibility.

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