The version of this course offered in 2001/2 is accessible from its Homepage. Please try not to mix up material from that version of the course with what you need now — the course is rather different.

Schedule of lectures/classes

Materials for the course can be found from the Schedule page. See also the tutorial discussion topics below.  We meet in the Conference Room upstairs in the Outreach Building, 6-8pm on Tuesdays, 6-7pm on Wednesdays.

Other links

On this page is a selection of links to material elsewhere that you might find useful for this course. 

Reading

The prescribed texts for the course are:

Chalmers: What is this thing called science?

Williams, Michael: The Problems of Knowledge.

Guidance for the Course

How will you be assessed?  For the exam paper for 2001/2, see here.

A brief guide to writing philosophy essays (by Ronald Hepburn, courtesy of the Edinburgh Philosophy Department's website - this copy is here).

Tutorial/seminars

Each week we shall use a particular text as a basis for discussion.

Contact

You can contact me by phone at 417 4023, or preferably by email to ebrandon@uwichill.edu.bb.

Ed Brandon

last revision 19 September 2002