Epistemology

Epistemology encounters questions about how human knowledge relates to spiritual experiences as well as how it begins in the first place. A fundamental epistemological questions would be, what is knowledge? This leads to many others, almost in a slippery…

freedom of deciding their fate? Although metaphysics and epistemology have been two independent fields, they belong to the larger field of philosophy in that in order for philosophers to arrive to his arguments about our human nature and possibly about the whole question of nature then they should utilize or they should be equipped with epistemological and metaphysical knowledge and skills. It is quite evident that, philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysics’ try to answer questions about the…

Aristotle’s theories of knowledge (epistemology) each sprout from opposite sides of the tree. Aristotle is all about logic and evidence, while Plato’s theory thrives on idealism and recollection. Even though both of these Philosophers have very different ideas that each fall on the opposite sides of the spectrum, you are able to understand and make sense of how each of them understood epistemology. Plato had a much more spiritual understanding of epistemology. He believed knowledge…

I will question and find every little detail about the business before making my decision. Furthermore, the philosophical theories or parameters that I typically use the most to determine my thoughts and actions are ethical theories, sometimes epistemology, and mostly logic or rational thinking. Being a nursing student, ethics and morality are two of the most important components to being successful in the medical field. Ethics grants me the ability to decide what is right and what is wrong and…

simplified, or distorted accounts when more accurate yet always incomplete knowledges can be achieved. Bondy (2016) notes that an epistemic goal is that which is valuable from an epistemic or cognitive point of view. In most of the literature on epistemology, the most important epistemic goal is to know truth and avoid error, “these are our first and great commandments as would-be knowers” (James, 1896/1979, p. 24; Chisholm, 1977; Alston, 1985; Foley, 1987; Latus, 2000; Riggs,…

The term epistemology is the theory of knowledge of how it is attained and confirmed, and it is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion. One of the most influential philosophers of epistemology is David Hume. He is also a skeptic who believes that many people are conceived by the things they think they know which fails them to perceive the truth. In the following, I will be explaining about how Hume argue against religion using objection to the cosmological argument…

Paul D. Cottingham Fr. Kurt Messick Epistemology September 13, 2014 Kant’s and Hume’s epistemology Immanuel Kant and David Hume were notable philosophers within the modern era, each with their own respective ideology and philosophy; Kant was influenced by rationalism, crafted a theory after the Copernican Revolution explaining the role of human reason in obtaining knowledge, whereas Hume, who was influenced by skepticism, put an end to pure reason and an end to the Enlightenment Era. In the…

difficult and pessimistic. However, there are two periods in humanity that can be compared to on many different aspects and topics, with one of those topics focusing on human nature and epistemology. More specifically, whether the 1700s had an optimistic or pessimistic viewpoint on both human nature and epistemology and if the same can be said with the views of our generation today. With the many new discoveries being made during the Enlightenment, which would normally produce a more optimistic…

Epistemology is the study if knowledge and it is one of the largest and most complex fields of study in philosophy. Composed of multiple theories and perspectives of what knowledge is and how to obtain it is difficult. However, Correspondence Theory and Coherent through provide a simplistic method for both understanding and obtaining knowledge. However, both theories have there one set of weaknesses that provide obstruction to a holistic model of knowledge. The complexity of knowledge is further…

Rationalism and Empiricism are both separate theories of epistemology which is the attempt to understand the theory of knowledge. Though, the contrast between rationalism and empiricism are extreme. They both differentiate from each other and the key concepts of each other are largely contrasted. Empiricism, is the theory in which one learns through experience which is also known as ‘a posterior.’ Meanwhile, rationalism is when one uses logic and reason to come to a conclusion before the…