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Theories of knowledge [digital videodisc] : how to think about what you know / Joseph H. Shieber, Lafayette College.

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2019]

Knowledge, Theory of.

Intellectual life -- History.

Applied philosophy.

Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history.

4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm)

Disc 1. Philosophy and transformative experiences -- Knowledge, truth, and belief -- Foundationalism : Descartes's evil demon -- The coherence theory of knowledge -- Externalist theories of knowledge -- Problems with self-knowledge

Disc 2. Does sense perception support knowledge? -- Perception : foundationalism and externalism -- The importance of memory for knowledge -- Confabulations and false memories -- The extended mind -- Do we have innate knowledge?

Disc 3. How deduction contributes to knowledge -- Hume's attack on induction -- The raven paradox and new riddle of induction -- Know-how versus propositional knowledge -- Knowledge derived from testimony -- Social psychology and source monitoring

Disc 4. Testimony through social networks -- The reliability of scientific testimony -- Testimony in the media -- Pragmatic and moral encroachment -- Radical skepticism : the brain in a vat -- The future of epistemology.

Rethink everything you know about the world as you delve into the fascinating field of epistemology.

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