Underlying and supporting the selections of literature that we will read in our course are certain "basic concepts," sets of ideas, ideals, and assumptions that groups of writers generally agreed upon or who were influenced by them.  These concepts appear either directly or indirectly in their works, and for that reason, to better understand their importance in analyzing , interpreting, and evaluating these works, you need to be familiar with them.  This page contains links to brief discussions of these concepts.

Epistemology and Three Western Systems of Reasoning
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This page was last modified on August 27, 2004,
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