Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "theory of knowledge", it explores different...
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following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to epistemology: Epistemology (aka theory of knowledge) – branch of philosophy concerned with...
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Philosophy (section Epistemology)
self-cultivation. Major branches of philosophy are epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epistemology studies what knowledge is and how to acquire it...
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Bayesian epistemology is a formal approach to various topics in epistemology that has its roots in Thomas Bayes' work in the field of probability theory...
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Naturalized epistemology (a term coined by W. V. O. Quine) is a collection of philosophic views about the theory of knowledge that emphasize the role of...
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Social epistemology refers to a broad set of approaches that can be taken in epistemology (the study of knowledge) that construes human knowledge as a...
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Dream argument Regress argument (epistemology) Münchhausen trilemma Blaauw, Martijn; Pritchard, Duncan (2005). Epistemology A-Z. Edinburgh University Press...
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Objectivism (redirect from Objectivist epistemology)
Letter, and in non-fiction books such as Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology and The Virtue of Selfishness. The name "Objectivism" derives from the...
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philosophy of religion, Reformed epistemology is a school of philosophical thought concerning the nature of knowledge (epistemology) as it applies to religious...
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Genetic epistemology or 'developmental theory of knowledge' is a study of the origins (genesis) of knowledge (epistemology) established by Swiss psychologist...
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Religious epistemology broadly covers religious approaches to epistemological questions, or attempts to understand the epistemological issues that come...
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Feminist epistemology is an examination of epistemology from a feminist standpoint. Feminist epistemology claims that ethical and political values are...
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Virtue epistemology is a current philosophical approach to epistemology that stresses the importance of intellectual and specifically epistemic virtues...
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Ethics (redirect from Epistemology of ethics)
"Murder is wrong" expresses a command like "Do not commit murder". The epistemology of ethics studies whether or how one can know moral truths. Foundationalist...
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Epistemology of finance is a broad field of study that aims at providing a conceptual framework(s) for the interpretation of mathematical models in finance...
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Evolutionary epistemology refers to three distinct topics: (1) the biological evolution of cognitive mechanisms in animals and humans, (2) a theory that...
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Peter Boghossian (redirect from Street epistemology)
and a lack of intellectual freedom. Boghossian coined the term street epistemology for a set of conversational techniques he described, which are designed...
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Epistemology is a major branch of philosophy and is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge. The epistemology of Wikipedia has been a subject...
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The issue of peer disagreement in epistemology discusses the question of how a person should respond when he learns that somebody else with the same body...
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Epistemology of the Closet is a book published in 1990 by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, who is considered one of the founders of queer studies. The book tackles...
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Nihilism (section Epistemology)
span various branches of philosophy, including ethics, value theory, epistemology, and metaphysics. Nihilism is often characterized as a broad cultural...
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mind is termed as Mati Jnana (Sensory knowledge). According to Jain epistemology, sense perception is the knowledge which the Jīva (soul) acquires of...
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Logic (redirect from Epistemology of logic)
The Epistemology of Logic; Schechter. Warren 2020, 6. The Epistemology of Logic. Schechter. Gómez-Torrente 2019. Warren 2020, 6. The Epistemology of Logic;...
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Epistemic cognition (redirect from Personal epistemology)
Epistemic cognition, sometimes known as epistemological beliefs, or personal epistemology, is "cognition about knowledge and knowing", an area of research in the...
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Constructivism Legal theory Pedagogy Philosophy Aesthetics Empiricism Epistemology Ethics Justice ethics Existentialism Metaphysics science Political ecology...
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Metaphysics (redirect from Epistemology of metaphysics)
For example, the metaphysical problem of causation is relevant both to epistemology, as a factor involved in perceptual knowledge, and ethics, in regard...
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Computational epistemology is a subdiscipline of formal epistemology that studies the intrinsic complexity of inductive problems for ideal and computationally...
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philosophy, Plato's epistemology is a theory of knowledge developed by the Greek philosopher Plato and his followers. Platonic epistemology holds that knowledge...
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Applied epistemology refers to the study that determines whether the systems of investigation that seek the truth lead to true beliefs about the world...
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Alvin Goldman (section Epistemology)
Science at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a leading figure in epistemology. Goldman earned his BA from Columbia University and PhD from Princeton...
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