Earlier versions of this course are accessible from their homepages: 2001/2, 2002/3 and 2003/4.  

Schedule of lectures/classes

Materials for the course can be found from the Schedule page. See also the tutorial discussion topics below.  

Other links

On this page is a selection of links to material elsewhere that you might find useful for this course. 

Reading

The prescribed texts for the course are:

Audi, Robert Epistemology: a contemporary introduction to the theory of knowledge

Chalmers, A.F. What is this thing called science?

Library Reserve

In addition to the above books, I have put a few others on overnight reserve for the duration of this course:

Bird, A. Philosophy of Science
Huemer, M. (ed.) Epistemology: Contemporary Readings
Ladyman, J. Understanding Philosophy of Science
O'Hear, A. Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Sosa, E. & Kim, J. (eds.) Epistemology
Williams, M. Problems of Knowledge

In other lists I may refer to these books simply by giving the author.

Other material

I shall also be posting the tutorial material and some other items.  If you want these put on a diskette, please let me have one and I will copy them.

Guidance for the Course

How will you be assessed?  For the exam paper for 2001/2, see here, for 2002/3, see here, for 2003/4, see here.

A brief guide to writing philosophy essays (by Ronald Hepburn, courtesy of the Edinburgh Philosophy Department's website - this copy is on our server).

Tutorial/seminars

Each week we shall use a particular text as a basis for discussion.

Contact

You can contact me by phone at 417 4023, or preferably by email to ebrandon@uwichill.edu.bb.

Ed Brandon

last revision 14 September 2005