Philosophy › Section G · Epistemology › Topic G.1
What epistemology studies
Every subject aims at knowledge, but epistemology asks what knowledge itself is, where it comes from and how far it reaches. This topic sets out its questions, its tools and the basic distinctions the rest of the section relies on.
In this topic
- The theory of knowledge
- How epistemologists work
- Worked example: must knowledge be certain?
- Three kinds of knowledge
- Acquaintance and the gap
- A priori and a posteriori
- Worked example: classifying knowledge
- What is truth?
- A normative discipline across traditions
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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