SoccioPP_ch01 - Philosophy 1510 All Sections
SoccioPP_ch01 - Philosophy 1510 All Sections

... understanding of reality as it relates to living a good life. By combining these – and even more – branches of philosophy, a person may gain an understanding of how all knowledge is related. The attainment of wisdom involves reflection, insight, learning from experience, and a plausible conception o ...
Notes here - Raymond Williams Foundation
Notes here - Raymond Williams Foundation

... saw was in fact a dog dressed up as a sheep by a prankster. Is Fred’s statement knowledge? 6. More recently (20th Century) A definition of knowledge ….. 1. Everyone comes to belief with a cognitive structure that cannot be set aside. 2. Our cognitive structure serves as a lens through which we view ...

Epistemology

Epistemology (/ɨˌpɪstɨˈmɒlədʒi/; from Greek ἐπιστήμη, epistēmē, meaning ""knowledge, understanding"", and λόγος, logos, meaning ""word"") is a term first used by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier to describe the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge and is also referred to as ""theory of knowledge"". Put concisely, it is the study of knowledge and justified belief. It questions what knowledge is and how it can be acquired, and the extent to which knowledge pertinent to any given subject or entity can be acquired. Much of the debate in this field has focused on the philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and how it relates to connected notions such as truth, belief, and justification. The term was probably first introduced in Ferrier's Institutes of Metaphysic: The Theory of Knowing and Being (1854), p. 46.