| 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) |