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Upon completion of this chapter you should be able to:
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1. Explain what epistemology is |
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2. Identify the major arguments for skepticism |
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3. Identify three anchor points of rationalism and indicate how these are illustrated in the thought of Socrates, Plato, and Descartes |
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4. Identify three anchor points of empiricism and relate these to the views of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume |
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5. Show how Kant's constructivist epistemology steers a middle course between rationalism and empiricism |
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6. Discuss and critique several varieties of epistemic relativism, especially Nietzsche's radical perspectivism |
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7. Explain how pragmatism introduces a significantly new perspective into traditional epistemology |
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8. Describe some common criticisms of traditional epistemology made by feminists |