本課程的目標有五:
1.讓學生認識哲學研究的兩大方向:經驗主義及理性主義的思維.
2.為學生確立知識論的研究基礎:知識論是哲學研究的重要課題,本課程協助學生對知識論的研究建立穩定基礎.
3.讓學生認識知識的結構:知識有其結構,經驗主義分析知識結構的內容部分,理性主義分析知識結構的形式部分.
4.對知識的性質作分析:不同的知識有著不同的性質,例如數學不同於自然科學,社會科學不同於自然科學等.
5.讓學生具有科學及邏輯思維訓練:科學的認知在於科學方法,本課程藉著對經驗主義及理性主義的分析,展示了科學思維的特質及其重要性.

This course has five objectives:
1. Let students understand the two major directions of philosophical research: empiricism and rationalist thinking.
2. Establish a research foundation for students' theory of knowledge: Theory of knowledge is an important topic in philosophical research. This course helps students establish a stable foundation for their research on theory of knowledge.
3. Let students understand the structure of knowledge: knowledge has its structure, empiricism analyzes the content part of the knowledge structure, and rationalism analyzes the form part of the knowledge structure.
4. Analyze the nature of knowledge: different knowledge has different properties, for example, mathematics is different from natural science, social science is different from natural science, etc.
5. Provide students with scientific and logical thinking training: Scientific cognition lies in scientific methods. This course demonstrates the characteristics and importance of scientific thinking through the analysis of empiricism and rationalism.

1.Plato,Protagras.
2.Descartes, Principles of Philosophy.
3. Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy.
4.Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
5.Kant, Critique of Pure Reason.
6.鄺芷人:知識論原理前篇:知識理念的演變.

1.Plato,Protagras.
2.Descartes, Principles of Philosophy.
3. Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy.
4.Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
5.Kant, Critique of Pure Reason.
6. Kuang Zhiren: Part 1 of Principles of Theory of Knowledge: The Evolution of the Concept of Knowledge.