Advanced Topics

Once you have finished sections I–IV, the remaining sections are optional specialization tracks. They explore particular directions or applications of epistemological thinking. You do not need to do all of them.

The specialization tracks are:

Pick based on your interests and goals after finishing the core:

Probability and Formal Reasoning

Subject Book/Text Course
11. Probability in Epistemology Philosophical Theories of Probability – Donald Gillies The Epistemic Quest for Truth – Erasmus University (Coursera)
12. Bayesian Epistemology SEP: “Bayesian Epistemology”

Social and Applied Epistemology

Subject Book/Text Course
13. Social Epistemology SEP: “Social Epistemology” Knowledge-First Social Epistemology – University of Glasgow (Coursera)
14. Testimony and Trust SEP: “Testimony”
15. Epistemic Injustice and Non-Ideal Epistemology SEP: “Epistemic Injustice” (section within feminist epistemology; see also dedicated entries)

Epistemology of Science

Subject Book/Text Course
16. Scientific Knowledge and Method Theory and Reality – Peter Godfrey-Smith
17. Evidence and Inference in Science SEP: “Scientific Evidence”

Advanced and Interdisciplinary Epistemology

Subject Book/Text Course
18. Formal Epistemology SEP: “Formal Epistemology”
19. Decision Theory and Epistemic Rationality SEP: “Decision Theory”
20. Computational and AI Epistemology SEP: “Artificial Intelligence” Minds and Machines – MITx (edX) (rigorous philosophy of mind/AI focus)