Epistemology

Education facts

Code: NI0292

What can we know? How can we be certain about anything? What are the sources of our knowledge? These are examples of questions in the field of epistemology. The course places these questions in a historical context, and presents and analyzes some of the answers that philosophers have given to them. Virtue epistemology will be a particular focus in this course, a perspective that goes back to the earliest philosophers and has seen a resurgence in recent years.

Entry requirements

General admission requirements for university studies. Students taking part in the course as a part of their Bachelor’s degree program must have completed Course A, Introduction in Philosophy and Theology (30 ECTS credits).Students taking part in the course as a freestanding course are expected to have corresponding prior knowledge.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Epistemology

  Newmaninstitutet

  Uppsala

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 8 November 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %