Questions tagged [epistemology]
Epistemology is the study of knowledge, acquisition thereof, and the justification of belief in a given claim.
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What is the practical use of philosophy?
Does philosophy move us toward a deeper understanding of the human condition, or does philosophy push us away from understanding the ...
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Are all philosophers subject to a variation of the Socrates problem?
Obviously, the specific problem of knowing who Socrates was and what he taught is wholly unique to the man. However, reading books and articles about philosophers and philosophy, I'm struck by the ...
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How does one tell apart left from right?
I can look at one hand and know (not necessarily immediately) that "This is my left hand".
How do I know this? (How can I be so successful at judging this?)
This question is inspired by the classic ...
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Are there JTB epistemologies which reject the knowledge of some Gettier problems, but in which religious experiences still justify belief?
Such is my current worldview that there is no religious experience or numinous feeling that could justify faith in any god.
This is because, in the wake of a slew of discoveries about the ...
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Is the classification of information a result of properties inherent to that information or inherent to human reasoning?
In a paper I wrote for a class last quarter, I began with the concept of "music as a lens for culture" and ultimately ended up drawing parallels between culture, language, and music -- more ...
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What would it take in a book to convince a rational person that it had been written by or directly inspired by a god?
Many of the world's religions are based on a book or text that adherents claim to have been written by or directly inspired by a god, perhaps omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent.
My question is ...
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What are the major points of Meillassoux's critique of correlationism?
What are the major points of Quentin Meillassoux's critique of correlationism?
I am beginning to work through After Finitude and am finding it difficult to grasp exactly what his critique consists in;...
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Is the simulation hypothesis outside of science?
On the question of the simulation hypothesis (i.e. that reality is a simulation), a friend of mine once remarked he didn't accept it on the grounds of Ockham's razor. To me (with my admittedly ...
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Was Rorty a Relativist?
Richard Rorty spent much of his career defending his work against accusations of Relativism, and yet his name is often mentioned in such discussions. Are these accusations of Relativism directed at ...
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What are the most important papers regarding the epistemic significance of disagreement?
There's been a debate recently about what is the right way to react to learning that you disagree with someone you take to be your epistemic peer. One approach is the "Equal Weight View". I associate ...
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What should philosophers know about math and natural sciences?
My question is whether a lack of knowledge about formal mathematics or theoretical science in general would have an impact on a philosopher's ability to think and make judgments.
Why should a ...
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What is the difference between mathematical knowledge and other knowledge?
We know that these can all be considered as knowledges:
1 + 1 = 2
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there are approximately 100 people in this village
Alice is dating Bob
universe is probably ...
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What are the philosophical implications of the uncertainty principle?
What, if any, are the major philosophical consequences of the uncertainty principle?
Wikipedia describes the principle this way:
[T]he principle implies that it is impossible to simultaneously ...
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What are examples of analytic a posteriori knowledge?
There is the analytic/synthetic distinction and the a priori/a posteriori distinction. These two distinctions form four types of knowledge:
analytic a priori
synthetic a priori
analytic a posteriori
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What journal should I read for cutting-edge epistemology?
I'm a PhD candidate, but I still don't read many journals. Where should I start if I want to be up-to-date? One of my areas is epistemology, but this can be a more open ended question if need be.
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