Knowledge, Rationality and Understanding ClusterKnowledge, rationality and understanding are at once the chief goals of the academic enterprise and the subject of much current academic discussion. This study of their natures and the methods of achieving them have both theoretical interest and a practical benefit. Logic, science and certain mathematical disciplines aim to discover rational methods of achieving knowledge and understanding. Assessments of these methods call upon the disciplines of epistemology, psychology and philosophy of science. Cluster Coordinator: David Weber
Sophomore Inquiry: Knowledge, Rationality and Understanding
An introduction to the cluster Knowledge, Rationality and Understanding, the course deals briefly with the nature of these, with the techniques of achieving them and with general criticisms of the techniques. Its main aim is to promote the kind of critical inquiry that has been so successful in advancing modern science, both physical and social. This SINQ leads to the Knowledge, Rationality and Understanding Cluster. Approved Cluster Courses: Academic Year 08-09AJ 320U Theories of Crime and JusticeEAS 399U Problems, Solutions, and Systems Thinking EC 314U Private and Public Investment Analysis PH 335U Wacky or Real: What Everyone Should Know about Physics Scams PHL 300U Philosophical Methods and Concepts PHL 303U Critical Thinking PHL 306U Science and Pseudoscience PHL 312U Practical Epistemology PHL 324U Introduction to Formal Logic PHL 325U Predicate Logic PHL 327U Introduction to Quantitative Literacy PSY 300U Personal Decision Making PSY 491U Decision Making I PSY 492U Decision Making II |
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