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SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
Knowledge
2 Can we know anything about the external world?  
3 Can we know anything about the external world? (continued) Assignment #1 due
4 Can we know anything about the external world? (continued) Assignment#2 due
5 Can we know anything about the external world? (continued)  
6 Can we know anything about the external world? (continued) Assignment #3 due
7 What is knowledge? Assignment #4 due
8 What is knowledge? (continued)  
9 What is knowledge? (continued) First paper topics available

Assignment #5 due
10 What is knowledge? (continued)  
11 What is knowledge? (continued) Assignment #6 due
12 What is knowledge? (continued) First paper draft due
13 What is knowledge? (continued) First paper draft returned
14 What is knowledge? (continued) In-class mid-term exam
Belief
15 Can we have reasonable or justified beliefs? Assignment #7 due
16 Can we have reasonable or justified beliefs? (continued) First paper final version due
17 Foundationalism Assignment #8 due
18 Foundationalism (continued)  
19 Reliabilism  
20 Reliabilism (continued) Assignment #9 due
21 Reliabilism (continued) Second paper topics available

Assignment #10 due
22 Reliabilism (continued)  
23 Partial belief  
24 Partial belief (continued) Second paper draft due
25 Partial belief (continued)  
26 Partial belief (continued) Second paper draft returned

Assignment #11 due

Second paper due (a week after the last class session)