Virtues and Vices of Inquiry, 7.5 credits
Academic year 2021/2022
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Autumn 2021, 50%, Campus
Start date: 8 November 2021
End date: 16 January 2022
Application deadline: 15 April 2021
Application code: UU-50802 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Higher education credits (maximum 165 credits)
Registration: 29 July 2021 – 19 September 2021
Entry requirements: 60 higher education credits in Theoretical or Practical Philosophy
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 11,250
Tuition fee, total: SEK 11,250
About the course
Knowledge is seldom something that we simply possess. Much of our intellectual effort goes towards processes of knowledge acquisition, such as inquiry. Inquiry is a goal-directed process aimed at settling a particular question. Inquiries can be conducted well and they can be conducted badly -- inquiries are subject to norms. What are those norms? Moreover, some people are good at inquiring and some people not, some are open-minded and intellectually humble, some are arrogant and dogmatic. What, exactly are these character traits and how should they be cultivated or avoided? The course starts from the ancient -- Platonic and Aristotelian -- insight that some of the virtues are primarily intellectual and hence useful in contexts that have to do with knowledge acquisition and inquiry. We will then proceed to contemporary theories of virtues that promote the acquisition of knowledge and vices that prevent such acquisition.
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Contact
Course Administrator Ulrika Valdeson
Telephone: +46 18 471 72 99
ulrika.valdeson@filosofi.uu.se