Year 7 · Autumn 1
Epistemology
Epistemology asks what distinguishes knowledge from belief—a useful distinction, because confidence can be very loud. Across seven lessons, pupils test ideas about justification, reliability and scepticism, including challenges posed by Gettier cases and sophistry.
How can we tell whether a belief is knowledge?
Epistemology asks what distinguishes knowledge from belief—a useful distinction, because confidence can be very loud. Across seven lessons, pupils test ideas about justification, reliability and scepticism, including challenges posed by Gettier cases and sophistry.
Key terms
- Reason
- Knowledge
- Justification
- Reliability
- Scepticism
- Sound and Valid
- Assessment
- Written Response — Can we ever be sure of what we know?
- Homework
- Google Quiz – ‘The Big Questions’
- Career connection
- Argument analysis (Legal Researcher)
- Cover lesson
- Can We Know the Future?
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