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 ...

This blog series maps out the key elements of human knowledge to help folks make better sense of the world. The prior post (Part 2) introduced epistemology and shared Ken Wilber’s quadrant model ...

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.

A glance at the June issue of Episteme: A new journal of social epistemologyEpisteme is a new journal of social epistemology, which focuses on the social dimensions of knowledge, says Anthony ...

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.

Floridi’s first book—Scepticism and the Foundation of Epistemology—looked at the concept of subject-independent knowledge: the kind of information which might be called ‘semantic’.