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Beth A Barker

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Bio

I'm finishing my PhD in philosophy at Northwestern University. I specialize in practical knowledge, or what it means to know how to do things, but I've taught on a variety of topics in philosophy: the meaning of life and death, the nature of mind and rationality, and how to think critically/creatively.

Courses

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Description

This course will cover questions like How do we know what we know? How can we tell what other people know, and how does bias prevent us from evaluating them fairly? Is it possible that we know nothing? Students will learn how to evaluate the views of ancient philosophers like Plato and contemporary philosophers like Gettier, Matheson, and Dotson. Students will also learn how to develop and defend their own answers to the questions about knowledge that matter most to them.

Class Number

1472

Credits

3