Monday January 22

I. Historical background

     A. Descartes's Importance

          1. His 4 central concerns

     B. Classifying the Meditations

     C. Descartes's place in philosophy

     D. Descartes as a person

          1. Descartes's dream

     E. Descartes in historical context

          1. Art

          2. Religion

          3. Science

               a. Physics

               b. Psychology

          4. The origin of modern philosophy.

          5. History

II. What knowledge is

     A. Knowledge/Belief

          1. Analytic/Synthetic statements

     B. Knowledge = Justified True Belief?

     C. Foundationalism