MMUBS MRes Philosophy of Knowledge

Bruce Edmonds' Sessions (Generally Thursdays 14:00-16.15 room CR3): [if you do not have powerpoint you may wish to download Microsoft's free Powerpoint Viewer from here]

• Critical thinking: developing skills in reading journal articles. [powerpoint slides]
  
• Induction Day 3
• What is Philosophy?  [powerpoint slides]
  
• An introduction to the MMUBS MRes philosophy course
• Rationalism vs. Empiricism [powerpoint slides]
  
• From where does knowledge come?
• Constructivism vs. Realism [powerpoint slides]
• Is knowledge a reflection of an outside reality or constructed by us?
• Positivism vs. Pragmatism [powerpoint slides]
• Is knowledge composed of a correct representation or what works in practice?
• The Linguistic Turn [powerpoint slides]
  
• To what extent is knowledge in the use of language rather than what language is about?

Reading List:

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A Description of the 2005/2006 Assignment with the deadline of 3pm, Monday 9^th January 2006:

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My Contact Details:

Bruce Edmonds

• Position: Senior Research Fellow
• Department: Centre for Policy Modelling
  
• Room: 101 in the tower block (to left of lifts on floor 1)
  
• Internal phone number: 6479
• External phone number: (0161) 247 6479
• Email: bruce@edmonds.name
• Web page: http://bruce.edmonds.name