epistemology
认识论,知识论,认知论,识字学
Definitions
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- : a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
Examples
After some time at the University of Heidelberg, where he became interested in philosophy, epistemology and the foundations of geometry, in 1871 he was awarded the physics chair at the University of Berlin.
Working on my thesis proposal, on the impact of simulations on epistemology in scientific fields, where controlled experiments are impossible, I began to delve into the history of computation and simulations.
He may never have heard the word epistemology, but his theory of knowledge is essentially the same as Platos.
This suggests that a strictly monistic epistemology, whether idealistic or realistic, does not get rid of the problem.
It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to draw a hard and fast line between epistemology and other branches of philosophy.
Moral philosophy was the center of his teaching, and epistemology was only instrumental.
But there is another side of the problem which is, perhaps, of more importance and which epistemology generally overlooks.