This is the material from the C section of the course.

For the later material, see here.

For the material from the A section of the course, see here.

For the material from the B section of the course, see here.


 Readings for Sections (available topics for Assignment C)
 (C1) CERTAINTY (Oct 24)
         Rand - On Certainty (edit).doc
(C2) CONSERVATISM (Oct 31)
         Christensen - Conservatism in Epistemology.pdf
        ok to skip section 5; and ok to skip section 3 unless you write on conservatism
(C3) KNOWLEDGE AND LUCK (Nov 7)
        Gettier - Is Justified True Belief Knowledge.htm
         Riggs - Why Epistemologists Are So Down on Their Luck.rtf
         only black parts, not blue text, of Kvanvig - Why Should Inquiring Minds Want to Know (blue).rtf

Happy Afternoon Siesta Theater Notes

Oct 19   Certainty by Definition?

This first slide really fits with the Oct 12th stuff, but was left over.

 

Oct 24   Certainty about Mind?

This first slide really fits with the Oct 19th stuff, but was left over.

 

Oct 26   Responsibility

 

Oct 31   Entailment Rule / Conservatism / Searching

 

Nov 2   Responsibility and Simplicity

 

Nov 7   Plainness and Parsimony

 

Nov 9   Virtues for Premises