| Description |
An examination of the possibility and nature of religious knowledge, from both historical and systematic (analytic) points of view. We will read discussions of religious belief by several key figures in the history of western philosophy (e.g. Cicero, Aquinas, Hume, and Kant), as well as by contemporary philosophers (e.g. Johnston, Lewis, Plantinga, van Fraassen). Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on using the tools of analytic philosophy in order to clarify the issues and to arrive at convincing conclusions about them. |