Theory of Knowledge
Module: Structures and systems of development
Matter: Sociedad y Cultura
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: Spanish
Knowledge is an operation that often leads to error, confusion, failure or skepticism. To clarify this, we need a theory, which is nothing more than an observation from a distance, in order to clarify what is happening to it and what is, if possible, knowledge. From this point of view we will go through the various questions that structure the theory of knowledge: its possibility, its essence and, finally, its origin.
In the background of the subject you will find the question of how knowledge is lived in highly technical societies, often prone to subjectivism and relativism, almost inevitable victims of manipulation and post-truth, but relying on science, in its progress, in its capacity for knowledge and guidance.
No specific requirement.
1. Applies acquired language skills to oral and written expression
2. Write narrative and descriptive texts
3. Acquire key concepts of each of the subjects
4. Know and select specific documentation of the subjects
5. Applies theoretical knowledge in analysis and debates of face-to-face activities and in autonomous work
9. Relate concepts of the different subjects worked in a transversal way
10. Learn to diagnose problems in the intellectual, social and political spheres
11. Read and analyze essays on current topics
13. Applies / transfers theoretical and / or abstract concepts of each subject to real situations
Questions of knowledge
1. Do we know?
Dogmatism
Skepticism
2- What do we know?
Realism
Idealism
3. How do we know?
Empiricism
Rationalism
The classes will consist of lectures with the support of texts selected by the professor, which will be commented on in the classroom. Throughout the course we will read a classic work of philosophy, especially illustrative of the theory of knowledge, to which specific seminary sessions will be dedicated.
The course will be evaluated from a test carried out at the end of the course (60%) and also from class participation and text commentary work (40%).
Addendum: The final test will be done online due to the extraordinary circumstances decreed by the government.
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Descartes, Discurs del Mètode
Descartes, Meditacions Metafísiques
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George Santayana, Escepticismo y fe animal, La Balsa De La Medusa
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Lester Embree. (2013) Anàlisi reflexiva. trad. Carles Serra Pagès (Traductor). Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona.