These latter concepts receive much less attention in philosophy of science than epistemology. Indeed, as I mentioned in the last blog, many scientists find metaphysics a highly disagreeable term ...

For example, epistemology can help clarify concepts such as “proof”, “theory”, “law” and “hypothesis” that are generally poorly understood by the general public and indeed some ...

Last week, The Island editorial referenced this column, establishing a link between the theme of multiple truths, particularly in the context of religious beliefs, and the philosophical concept of ...

Even among educated and well-informed people, epistemology – the study of knowledge – is neither a familiar word nor a well-known field of enquiry. But it has never been more important.

Episteme is a new journal of social epistemology, which focuses on the social dimensions of knowledge, says Anthony Quinton, a former president of the University of Oxford’s Trinity College and ...

While the primary concern of Indian philosophy is to analyse the fundamental concepts of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and religion, its ultimate concern is the social well-being of individuals.

Mirroring Marx’s “critique of political economy,” Sohn-Rethel’s “critique of epistemology” attempts to prove that Kant’s a priori categories should not be grounded in the timeless transcendental ...

Our focus here is more on the concept of truth, and so we will explore what is meant by "epistemology" and "metaphysics" in this blog and the next. Metaphysics is one of the most complicated and ...