Epistemology
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+ | '''Epistemology''' or '''theory of knowledge''' is the branch of [[philosophy]] which is concerned with the nature and scope of [[knowledge]]. The term was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher [[James Frederick Ferrier]] (1808-1864). | ||
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+ | Much of the debate in this field has focused on [[Philosophical analysis|analyzing]] the nature of knowledge and how it relates to similar notions such as [[truth]], [[belief]], and [[Theory of justification|justification]]. It also deals with the means of production of knowledge, as well as skepticism about different knowledge claims. In other words, epistemology primarily addresses the following questions: "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", and "What do people know?" | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Adaptive representation]] | ||
+ | * [[Agnotology]] | ||
+ | * [[Agrippa's Trilemma]] | ||
+ | * [[Bayesian probability]] | ||
+ | * [[Conveyed concept]] | ||
+ | * [[Cybernetic epistemology]] | ||
+ | * [[Eastern epistemology]] | ||
+ | * [[Editology]] | ||
+ | * [[Episteme]] | ||
+ | * [[Evidentialism]] | ||
+ | * [[Evidentiality]] | ||
+ | * [[Explanatory model]] | ||
+ | * [[Formal epistemology]] | ||
+ | * [[Gödel's incompleteness theorems]] | ||
+ | * [[Meta-epistemology]] | ||
+ | * [[Methodology]] | ||
+ | * [[Methods of obtaining knowledge]] | ||
+ | * [[Monopolies of knowledge]] | ||
+ | * [[Noology|Noölogy]] | ||
+ | * [[Participatory epistemology]] | ||
+ | * [[Physical ontology]] | ||
+ | * [[Reformed epistemology]] | ||
+ | * [[Scientific method]] | ||
+ | * [[Self-evidence]] | ||
+ | * [[Social epistemology]] | ||
+ | * [[Sociology of knowledge]] | ||
+ | * [[Transcendence (philosophy)]] | ||
+ | * [[Uncertainty principle]] | ||
+ | * [[Virtue epistemology]] | ||
+ | * [[Nyaya]] | ||
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Epistemology or theory of knowledge is the branch of philosophy which is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge. The term was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808-1864).
Much of the debate in this field has focused on analyzing the nature of knowledge and how it relates to similar notions such as truth, belief, and justification. It also deals with the means of production of knowledge, as well as skepticism about different knowledge claims. In other words, epistemology primarily addresses the following questions: "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", and "What do people know?"
See also
- Adaptive representation
- Agnotology
- Agrippa's Trilemma
- Bayesian probability
- Conveyed concept
- Cybernetic epistemology
- Eastern epistemology
- Editology
- Episteme
- Evidentialism
- Evidentiality
- Explanatory model
- Formal epistemology
- Gödel's incompleteness theorems
- Meta-epistemology
- Methodology
- Methods of obtaining knowledge
- Monopolies of knowledge
- Noölogy
- Participatory epistemology
- Physical ontology
- Reformed epistemology
- Scientific method
- Self-evidence
- Social epistemology
- Sociology of knowledge
- Transcendence (philosophy)
- Uncertainty principle
- Virtue epistemology
- Nyaya