Epistemology and Metaphysics, 5 cr

Tampere University

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Course code

FIL.FIA.005

Language of instruction

Finnish, English

Academic years

2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027

Level of study

Basic studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Jani Hakkarainen

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Social Sciences 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Philosophy Studies 100 %

The course provides an introduction to epistemology, covering debates on different conceptions of knowledge, the problem of skepticism, the standard analysis of knowledge and its counter-examples, theories of epistemic justification, and naturalism in epistemology. The course provides also an introduction to metaphysics, covering different conceptions of being as well as debates on the categories of being.

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Completion option 1

Completion of all options is required.