Theories of Knowledge: Epistemology April 2, 2003 Notes for Web-Board.
Emmitt Adair

For Thursday the 4th: read preface and chapter 1, go over the syllabus.
Handouts: History Class, Gender Class, and Psychology 217.
Go over the proper format for the web-board notes i.e. Theories of Knowledge and the date of notes. See syllabus.
Questionnaire:
1. Name?
2. Phone number?
3. Level of computer skill or savvy?
4. Do you have a computer at home?
5. E-mail address?
6. How often do you check your e-mail?
7. Do you have access to a computer?
8. Physical description or a drawing of yourself.
9. What is your intended major?
10. What are some of the questions about truth and knowledge would you like to have answered in this class?

WHAT IS TRUTH?
-Possible definitions: perceptions---Protagoras
-Belief
-Universally agreed upon proposition/belief

(Linguistic)Sentences and Beliefs (Mental) express propositions.
"The cat is on the mat."
2+2=4

Truth is "what is."
Correspondence theory of truth,
True propositions are those which correspond with reality.