Introduction to Epistemology
Adekunle Ibrahim
A complete university course on the theory of knowledge, organized in five modules: what knowledge is, its sources, rationalism and empiricism, the major theories of truth, and skepticism. Each unit ends with self-assessment questions, so it works well for self-study.
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