PSYC 8260 - Psychology, Epistemology, and Ethics

(4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours 4 Credit Hours)

Often attributed to religion and perforce, confounded by differing opinions, epistemology and ethics - the study of knowledge and values, of truth and goodness, respectively - are matters of the human mind. To elucidate the crisis in these two disciplines, the course provides a historical overview of them; and to offer realistic hope of addressing the crisis, the course focuses on Bernarad J.F.Lonergan’s analysis of intentional consciousness and its inherent norms for correct knowledge and responsible decision.