Contents of lecture outlines for PHL220, Theory of Knowledge
Craig DeLancey
1. Plato
The Allegory of the Cave
2. Descartes's Meditations, 1-3
Descartes Meditations I and II
Descartes Meditation III
3. An interlude on theological arguments
Some Theological Arguments
4. Descartes's Meditations, 4-6
Descartes Meditation IV
Descartes Meditation V
Descartes Meditation VI
5. Berkeley
Berkeley
6. Hume
Hume sections I and II
Hume sections III and IVa
Hume sections IVb and V, with an aside on the
problem of induction
Hume sections VI and VII
Hume sections VIII
Hume sections XII
7. Kant
Kant, introduction to the first Critique
Transcendental aesthetics and logic
Noumenal and Phenomenal
8. Science: The Deductive Nomological Method
Scientific Method
Deciding Between Theories
9. Quine and Ullian
Sophisticated Science, Quine and Ullian Chapters 1 and 2
Quine and Ullian Chapters 3 and 4
Quine and Ullian Chapters 5 and 6
Quine and Ullian Chapters 7 and 8
11. Lyotard and postmodernism
The Postmodern Condition sections 1 through 3
The Postmodern Condition sections 4 through 7
The Postmodern Condition sections 11 through 12