Phil 206 Philosophy of Knowledge (4 Credits)

Lecturer: YIP Hing Wah

Description:

Part One  Historical Survey of the Problems of Knowledge

1. Periodization and characteristics .
2. Some important thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant

Part Two  Main Themes

3. Perception, concept, judgment
4. Different levels of knowing: knowledge of the self; knowledge of the material world; knowledge of others
5. What is truth?

Reference Books:

1. GALLAGHER K.T., The Philosophy of Knowledge (New York: sheed and Ward, 1964)

2. JASPERS K., Reason and Existenz (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1997)

3. 關永中，《知識論》。台北：五南圖書公司，2000。