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by lilly42 on August 11th, 2005

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What is epistemology?

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  • by Salty Light on September 27th, 2008

    Salty Light

    e·pis·te·mol·o·gy
    /Pronunciation Pronunciation[i-pis-tuh-mol-uh-jee]
    –noun*** a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. ***


    it is the study of knowledge.

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  • by bamberlam on May 7th, 2009

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    It is the study of what we know and how we know what we know.


    I know I know how to write a declarative essay because my teacher, an authoritative figure, told me so.

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  • by Rollie on November 24th, 2008

    Rollie

    The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity.

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  • by lilly42 on August 11th, 2005

    lilly42

    Epistemology is the philisophical study of knowledge.

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  • by OBoy on May 22nd, 2009

    OBoy

    The way you know what you know. You know?

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  • by merry1 in a Texican COAT on May 16th, 2009

    merry1 in a Texican COAT

    The knowledge of knowledge.

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  • by overeducated on November 7th, 2008

    overeducated

    it's the philosophical counterpart to the exploration of the question, how do we learn? how do our brains learn? the latter is a more modern, medical approach, but it can bleed over into traditional epistomology in fascinating ways. for example, Geschwind's syndrome, or some people with Temporal Lobe epilepsy, are better-wired for abstraction. many famous artists & writers come from this class

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  • by pimp my pimple on February 4th, 2009

    pimp my pimple

    philosophical study of how knowledge is constructed

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  • by mrrw on May 16th, 2009

    mrrw

    The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge.
    From Wikipedia.

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  • by wrdweaver on May 22nd, 2009

    wrdweaver

    Below is a brief definition of epistemology. You can go to the following website for further info: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/

    Epistemology
    First published Wed Dec 14, 2005

    Defined narrowly, epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified belief. As the study of knowledge, epistemology is concerned with the following questions: What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge? What are its sources? What is its structure, and what are its limits? As the study of justified belief, epistemology aims to answer questions such as: How we are to understand the concept of justification? What makes justified beliefs justified? Is justification internal or external to one's own mind? Understood more broadly, epistemology is about issues having to do with the creation and dissemination of knowledge in particular areas of inquiry. This article will provide a systematic overview of the problems that the questions above raise and focus in some depth on issues relating to the structure and the limits of knowledge and justification

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  • by philosopher-saint on November 5th, 2008

    philosopher-saint

    A medical specialty involving urinary difficulties?!
    ;-)

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  • by philosopher-saint on May 22nd, 2009

    philosopher-saint

    The study of electronic micturation?
    ;-)

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