MMUBS MRes - Philosophy of Knowledge
Module
(for my session on Formal Modelling
see towards the bottom of the page)
Introductory Page About this Module
The MMUBS PoK Blog
Sessions 2010-2011:
Sessions 2010:
Sessions 2009:
Early Sessions on
The Western Academic Tradition and Critical Thought
Sessions 2008:
- Critical thinking, I: About Argument [powerpoint
slides]
- Thinking about the structure
and tradition of argument in the Western Academic Tradition
- Critical thinking, II: Authority and dissent, and the written
word [powerpoint
slides]
- Looking at the problem of
judging authority with particular respect to the written literature
- 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 Assignment:
Structured Feedback form for assignment:
Some OK Web Resources
Formal Modelling Session
for the Specialist Methods Module
Contact Details for me, 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