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