Epistemology

Knowledge

What can we know, and how do we come to know it?

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The Reading List

Follow this thread through the primary texts, in the order they enter the conversation.

1. Plato, Books VI–VII (the Divided Line, the Sun, the Cave); ;
2. Aristotle, Books I–II; Book I
3. Augustine, ; Book X
4. Aquinas, I, Questions 84–88
5. Montaigne, , "Apology for Raymond Sebond"
6. Descartes, , I–IV
7. Locke, , Books I–II
8. Hume, , Sections II–V, VII
9. Kant, , Introduction, Transcendental Aesthetic, Transcendental Analytic (selections)
10. Hegel, , Preface and Introduction
11. William James, , Lectures II, VI

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