Teaching Theory of Knowledge

The " Primary Epistemics" Program

CONTRIBUTOR: Alvin Goldman

Principal Texts

Anderson, J. R. Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications, 2nd ad W. H. Freeman, 1986. Hereafter cited as 'Anderson'.

Goldman, A. I. Epistemology and Cognition. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1986. Hereafter cited as 'Goldman.'

Supplementary Texts: (* = philosophy)

* Block, N. (ed.). Imagery. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1981. Hereafter cited as 'Block.'

* Cherniak, C. Minimal Rationality. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986. Hereafter cited as 'Cherniak.'

Fodor, J. Modularity of Mind. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1983. Hereafter cited as 'Fodor.'

* Harman, G. Change in View. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986. Hereafter cited as 'Harman.'

Kahneman, D. et. al., (eds.). Judgment Under Uncertainty. Cambridge University Press, 1982. Hereafter cited as 'Kahneman et. al.'

* Kornblith, H. (ed.). Naturalizing Epistemology. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1985. Hereafter cited as 'Kornblith.'

* Moser, P. (ed.). Empirical Knowledge. Rowman & Littlefield, 1986. Hereafter cited as 'Moser.'

Nisbett, R. and Ross, L. Human Inference. Prentice-Hall, 1980. Hereafter cited as 'Nisbett and Ross.'

Pinker, S. (ed.) Visual Cognition. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press 1985. Hereafter cited as 'Pinker.'

Topics and Readings
([ ] = supplementary topics)

1. Elements of Epistemology
   Goldman: Introduction and chapter 1
   [Kornblith: selections by Quine]

2. Skepticism: Goldman, chapter 2

3. Knowledge
   Goldman: chapter 3
   Moser: selections by Gettier, Harman, and Shope, etc.]

4. Justification
   Goldman: chapters 4, 5
   [Moser: selections by Alston, Chisholm, BonJour, and/or Sosa]

5. Problem-Solving
   Anderson: chapter 8
   Goldman: chapter 6
6. [Truth and Realism: Goldman, chapter 7]

7. Perception
   Anderson: chapter 3
   Goldman: chapter 9
   [Fodor: selected chapters]
   [Pinker: "Introduction"]

8. Memory
   Anderson: chapters 6, 7
   Goldman: chapter 10
   [Nisbett and Ross: chapter 8]

9. Constraints on Representation
   Goldman: chapter 11
   [Pinker: selections bv Ullman and by Hoffman and Richards]

10. Imagery
    Anderson: chapter 4
    Goldman: chapter 12
    [Block andlor Pinker selections]
    [Nisbett and Ross: chapter 3]

11. Deductive Reasoning
    Anderson: chapter 10
    Goldman: chapter 13
    [Chermiak: selected chapters]
    [Harman: selected chapters]

12. Probability Judgments
    Goldman: chapters 14, 15, 16
    [Kahneman et. al.: selected chapters]

13. Development of Expertise
    Anderson: chapter 9
    Goldman: chapter 17