Introduction to Epistemology

In this course, we will look at some of the central problems of epistemology: What is knowledge?  How do we get it?  Exactly what do we know, anyway?  How does knowledge differ from belief?  And how do we respond to the challenges of scepticism and post-modernism?  After starting with a historical survey of the answers to these questions, we will examine the answers proposed by the Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan.  Lectures, discussion, short papers and final exam.