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The Nature of Knowledge – GI 25 155

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15 January 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT

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Tutor: Karim Esmail BA, MPhil, MPhil, PhD

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Date: 15 January 2026
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Length of Course:
8 Thursdays
Reference Code:
GI 25 155
Location:
Ward Street
Guildford, Surrey GU1 4LH

Overview

One of the most important matters in philosophy is the study of knowledge.

This course will consider its two most important questions: First, ‘what is knowledge?’, looking at the tri-partite (or standard) analysis of knowledge as justified true belief and the principle theories of justification.

Then it considers ‘how do we acquire knowledge?’, including the response of rationalist and empiricists.

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About the Speaker

Karim Esmail

Dr. Karim Esmail was educated at London, Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard. He was awarded a British Academy Studentship and the Gregg Bury Prize at Cambridge. He was formerly, a Research Fellow at Oxford and Burney Student at Cambridge and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard and he lectures at both Cambridge and Oxford. Alongside international articles, he is the author of three volumes of an original philosophical work on the nature and existence of God. Classes with Karim consist of clearly structured lectures and an encouragement to ask questions and to make comments.  Students are assisted in their understanding of the subject and in their critical engagement with it.

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