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The Epistemology of Synthetic Reality

PH201
Module 1: Classical Foundations of Knowledge
3 Lessons

What philosophers have meant by knowledge, and why the senses were trusted as its foundation.

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Classical Foundations of Knowledge

1

Knowledge as Justified True Belief

You will understand the classical definition of knowledge and why Edmund Gettier's thought experiments force us to reconsider what justification really means.

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Empiricism and the Authority of the Senses

You will understand how early modern philosophers placed direct sensory experience at the heart of knowledge, and why this framework shaped how we still think about truth today.

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Descartes and the Method of Radical Doubt

Understand how Descartes dismantled all assumed knowledge to find an unshakeable foundation for truth, and why his method still matters when we encounter synthetic media.

25 min
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