PHIL 341 Epistemology and Metaphysics

The analytical study of central epistemological concepts such as knowledge, rationality, intuition, belief, and perception and of central metaphysical problems such as the mind/body problem, personal identity, freedom and determinism, and the relationship of reality to human cognition. There will be a special emphasis on issues of importance to Christian faith, such as the epistemology of religious belief, and on the relationship of epistemological issues to metaphysical issues.