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180142 SE The Epistemology of Disagreement (2016S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 15.02.2016 09:00 to Fr 26.02.2016 09:00
- Registration is open from Sa 27.02.2016 09:00 to Th 03.03.2016 09:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.03.2016 23:59
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max. 45 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 08.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 15.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 05.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 12.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 19.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 26.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 03.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 10.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Saturday 21.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Tuesday 24.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 31.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 07.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 14.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 21.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 28.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Course topic: Disagreement is ubiquitous in human interactions. The epistemological interest of disagreement emerges in the following questions: If you are arguing with a subject you regard as your peer, and you discover that the two of you disagree about a certain subject matter, how should you change your beliefs? Does disagreement constitute evidence that you are wrong, or that you are more likely to be so? Or, to the contrary, should it bolster your confidence that you are right, or more likely to be so?Course aim: The students will become familiar with the debate about the epistemology of disagreement and with the different positions that have been defended by contemporary authors: among these, so-called conciliatory and steadfastness strategies. They will become acquainted with the main arguments that militate in favour or against each of these alternatives and will develop the capacity to defend one or the other view through original, independent strategies.
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment: The method of assessment will include the presentation of one of the papers/chapters listed as course reading, the evaulation of the student's participation in the class, and a final 2500 words essay.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
Reading list
Texts (Provisional)
Frances, B., Disagreement. Polity Press, 2014.
Lackey, J. and Christensen, D. (eds.), The Epistemology of Disagreement: New Essays. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Further readings will be made available by the teacher.
Frances, B., Disagreement. Polity Press, 2014.
Lackey, J. and Christensen, D. (eds.), The Epistemology of Disagreement: New Essays. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Further readings will be made available by the teacher.
Association in the course directory
BA M 5.3, PP 57.3.3
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