PHILOS 174

Topics in Theory of Knowledge

Philosophy · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Intensive investigation of one or two selected topics or works in theory of knowledge, such as a priori knowledge, problem of induction, memory, knowledge as justified true belief. Topics announced each term. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Summer 2026
Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 21.

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PHILOS 21

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

PHILOS 174

PHILOS 21Skepticism and Rationality

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.