Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Bullshit, Bias, and Propaganda: Reasoning about the Irrational

PHIL 2507  Bullshit, Bias, and Propaganda: Reasoning about the Irrational

Antirequisites:

PHIL 2505

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students explore historical and contemporary work in social epistemology, including the nature and limits of public reason, forms of bias in human thinking, and organized efforts at irrational persuasion including bullshit and propaganda.



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