Universität Wien

180663 SE The value of knowledge (2010S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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max. 45 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

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Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Freitag 05.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 19.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 26.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 16.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 23.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 30.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 07.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 14.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 21.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 28.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
Freitag 04.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 3A NIG 3.Stock
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

We say we crave knowledge. We say we would die for it. We go to university for it. We all value knowledge. But what is so valuable about it? In particular, is knowledge more valuable than merely true belief? Intuition says yes. If I have never been to Vienna and accidentally form the true belief, say, that the Institute for Philosophy is in Universitaetstrasse, my belief would not be considered as valuable as would the knowledge of a local who has walked past the Institute many times. We all feel that knowledge is more valuable than true belief. And yet, on closer inspection, it proves difficult to say where precisely the value of knowledge lies. For example, having the true belief that the Institute is in Universitaetsrasse is - for all practical purposes - the same as having the knowledge: if I needed to go to the Institute, I would get there just as well if I had a true belief about its location as I would if I knew its location. Although the puzzle about the value of knowledge is at least as old as Plato, philosophers have only recently become interested in it again. The course is devoted to solving this puzzle

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

PROGRAMME

Session 1: Greco, John (2008) ' The Value Problem' The Value of Knowledge, (eds.) A. Haddock, A. Millar, & D. H. Pritchard, Oxford University Press (Oxford, 2008).

link: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AfqZLsllI0oWZHRtOXdrcF8yMWZjOTJua2Nk&hl=en

Session 2: Greco (2003) 'Knowledge as Credit for True Belief' Intellectual Virtue, Michael DePaul and Linda Zagzebski, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

link: https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/john-greco/on-line-publications

Session 3: Lackey, J. (2007) 'Why We Don't Deserve Credit for Everything We Know' Synthese 158.

Session 4: Riggs, Wayne ( 2009) 'Two Problems of Easy Credit' Synthese 169.

Session 5: Goldman, A. and Olsson, E. (2009) 'Reliabilism and the value of knowledge' Epistemic Value, Haddock, A., Millar, A., and Pritchard, D. (eds.) (Oxford: OUP).

Session 6: Baehr, Jason (2009) 'Is there a value problem?' Epistemic Value.

Session 7: Kusch, Martin (2009) 'Testimony and the value of knowledge' Epistemic Value.

Session 8: Kvanvig, Jonathan (2009) 'The value of understanding' Epistemic Value.

Session 9: De Paul, Michael R. (2009) 'Ugly analyses and value' Epistemic Value.

Session 10: Jones, Ward E. (2009) 'The goods and the motivation of believing' Epistemic Value.

Session 11: Weiner, Matthew (2009) 'Practical reasoning and the concept of knowledge' Epistemic Value.

Session 12: Engel, Pascal (2009) 'Pragmatic encroachment and epistemic value' Epistemic Value.

Session 13: Riggs, Wayne (2009) 'Luck, knowledge, and control' Epistemic Value.

Session 14: Putting it all together

SECONDARY READINGS

Greco, J. (2009) 'Knowledge and Success from Ability', Philosophical Studies 142: 17-26.

____ (2003) “Knowledge as Credit for True Belief,” in Intellectual Virtue, Michael DePaul and Linda Zagzebski, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). saved

Kvanvig, Jonathan (2003) The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).

Lackey, J. (2007) 'Why We Don’t Deserve Credit for Everything We Know' Synthese 158.

Pritchard, Duncan (2005) Epistemic Luck (Oxford: OUP).
___ and Neta, Ram (eds) (2008) Arguing about knowledge (London: Routledge).
___ and M. S. Brady (eds) (2006) Epistemic Virtue and Virtue Epistemology, special issue of Philosophical Studies 130.
___ and M. S. Brady (eds) (2003)Virtues: Moral and Epistemic, special double issue of Metaphilosophy 34, 2003.

Riggs,Wayne (2008) 'The Value Turn in Epistemology' New Waves in Epistemology, Duncan Pritchard & Vincent Hendricks (eds.) (Palgrave Macmillan).
___(2007) 'Why Epistemologists Are So Down on Their Luck' Synthese 158: 329-344.
___(2003) 'Balancing our Epistemic Goals' Noûs 37 (2).
___(2002) 'Beyond Truth and Falsehood: The Real Value of Knowing that P' Philosophical Studies 107 (1), 87-108.
____(2002) 'Reliability and the Value of Knowledge' Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 64 (1), 79-96.

Sosa, E. (2009) Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge (Oxford: OUP).
___and Kim, J. (eds.) (2001) Epistemology: an anthology (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell).

Prüfungsstoff

Each session starts with a short introduction of the prescribed reading - done by one of you - and then moves into a discussion of the reading. Having read the prescribed paper is therefore essential. But since this debate is emergent and we will need to do construction work together, knowledge of - or at least true beliefs about - the secondary literature will be also needed.

Aims: To develop a detailed critical understanding of the central questions of the debate and to establish fruitful connections amongst these questions.

Relevant for the assessment: regular attendance, one presentation, active participation in discussions, two 10-page essays on pre-set topics.

Literatur

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MA M 1,§ 4.2.3 und § 4.1.4

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:36