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Epistemology from the Greek words episteme (knowledge) and logos (word/speech) is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, origin and scope of knowledge . "Thinking is another attribute of the soul; and here I discover what properly belongs...


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EPISTEMOLOGY. This branch of philosophy studies the nature, origin, and validity of knowledge; it is sometimes called "theory of knowledge." Epistemology has been central to modern philosophy since the sixteenth century, although it...
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Epistemology, Religious [addendum] Summary
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Epistemology, Religious [addendum] The most significant development in religious epistemology at the beginning of the new millennium was the completion of Alvin Plantinga's trilogy on warrant and religious knowledge. Plantinga's earlier...
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Pragmatist Epistemology Summary
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Pragmatist Epistemology William James's observation that "when … we give up the doctrine of objective certitude, we do not thereby give up the quest or hope of truth itself" (1956, p. 17) succinctly expresses one important...
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Epistemology, History of [addendum] Summary
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Epistemology, History of [addendum] Knowledge ( ʿilm ) has occupied a central place in the Islamic intellectual tradition. The religious incentive for this stems from the fact that the Islamic belief is grounded in a knowledge claim about...
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Epistemology Information
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Epistemology or theory of knowledge is the branch of philosophy which is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge. [1] The term was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808-1864).[2] Much of the debate in...
 


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Skeptical Inquirer
Evolutionary epistemology, anyone?
01/01/2007: 1,098 words, approx. 4 pages
Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously wrote (in the Tractatus) that Darwin's theory has no more to do with philosophy than any other hypothesis in natural science." Apparently, Darwin begged to differ, since already in 1838, in his Notebook M, he wrote: "Plato ... says in...
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National Review
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology.
04/30/1990: 487 words, approx. 2 pages
Whittaker Chambers observed in his review of Atlas Shrugged [NR, Dec. 28, 1957] that her fiction serves [Ayn] Rand to get her customers inside the tent, and as a soapbox for delivering her Message." What Mr. Chambers saw was someone who was so immersed...
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The New York Observer
Epistemology And Its First World Discontents
8/11/2005: 555 words, approx. 2 pages
The plight of impoverished Africans is all the rage with film people lately. Again! At The Constant Gardener premiere, Rachel Weisz arrived in a backless teal gown by Narcisco Rodriguez and Cartier earrings. She was followed closely by a handler who let the young journos...
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The New York Observer
How I Became a Prop for China
8/31/2007: 804 words, approx. 3 pages
BEIJING—Before I became a mascot for China's new spirit of cooperation with journalists, I first had to get the People's Republic of China to certify that I was legally a journalist. Resolving that issue in China requires wrestling with questions of being and reality—including, in...
 


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