Philosophy 407    Theory of Knowledge 

Reading Schedule 2003 

Theodore Gracyk, Instructor 

Monday and Wednesday, 3:00 to 4:15 pm
Minnesota State University Moorhead 

   Readings are online (in which case a link is provided), 
   in Wray's Knowledge & Inquiry (designated as "Wray"), 
   or in Steup's Contemporary Epistemology (designated as
   "Steup").

Monday, August 25                         First Class session: Plato's Sophist 
Wednesday, August 27                  Rorty (Wray 3.8) 
Monday, September 1                    No Class: Labor Day Holiday
Wednesday, September 3             The Gettier Problem (Wray 2.1)
Deadline for Free Drop/Add          and Feldman (Wray 2.3)
Monday, September 8                    Steup, Chapter One
Wednesday, September  10          Chisholm (Wray 1.1)
Monday, September 15                   Steup, Chapter Two
Wednesday, September  17           Descartes, Meditation Four 
Monday, September  22                  Steup, Chapter Four
Wednesday, September 24             Fumerton (Wray 1.6)
Monday, September  29                  Bonjour on foundationalism (Wray 1.2)
Wednesday, October  1                   Continue discussing Bonjour (Wray 1.2)
Monday, October 6                           Steup, Chapter Five
Wednesday, October 8                    Bonjour on coherentism (Wray 1.3)
Monday, October 13                         Steup, Chapter Six
Wednesday, October 15                 Continue discussing Steup, Chapter Six
Monday, October 20                        Steup, Chapter Seven
Wednesday, October 22                 Goldman (Wray 1.5)
Monday, October 27                        Steup, Chapter Eight
Wednesday, October 29                 Quine (Wray 3.1)
Monday, November 3                      Putnam (Wray 3.3)
Wednesday, November 5               Steup, Chapter Nine
Monday, November 10                     Anderson (Wray 3.4)  (see also this link
Wednesday, November 12              Harding (Wray 3.5)
Monday, November 17                     Longino (Wray 3.6) 
Wednesday, November 19              Kitcher (Wray 3.9)
Monday, November 24                     Skepticism  about reason
                                                                          and about sense perception 
Wednesday, November 26              No Class: Thanksgiving Break
Monday, December 1                      Descartes, Meditation One (Excerpt)
                                                           Steup, Chapter Ten
Wednesday, December 3               Putnam (Wray 2.4)
Monday, December 8                      Wittgenstein on private language 
Wednesday, December 10            Steup, Chapter Three

Last updated November 22, 2003

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