Essays on Epistemology

While a lot of people follow and believe in certain ideas and views solely because of the fact that the mass agrees, I completely disagree with that type of thinking and find it extremely unreasonable to consider something to be knowledgeable when the only thing...

Epistemology is said to be the study of knowledge and the composition of knowledge. In relation, feminist epistemology questions how gender and identity influence knowledge as well as how it may vary based on our social assumptions and stereotypes made about gender roles. Many argue...

The written word has no boundaries and knows no fear. It’s constantly working, never ceasing or discouraged and tells its story continuously. It’s more permanent than orality, the truth is reflected, revised and makes its message clear after all audible words have been forgotten and...

To define what African epistemology is, Kaphagawani and Malherbe’s explanation of epistemology is an education of philosophies relating to and the possibility of information. For them it is also the assessment of beliefs and the basis of knowledge as well as the study of knowledge...

Epistemology is used to describe a theory of knowledge that justifies what belief is from opinion. There are many debates on what epistemology actually is but the easiest way to look at it, is looking at John Locke and Rene Descartes. These two men have...

In the book Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity written by David Enswitle, epistemology is defined by the branch of psychology that deals with the grounds and nature of knowledge. This branch considers the nature, possibilities, and limitations of knowledge. Epistemology is the boundary among...

Epistemology is the study nature of human knowledge itself. It focuses on means of human knowledge acquisition and how to differentiate the truth knowledge claims from the false one. The modern epistemology deals with the debate between rationalism and empiricism. In rationalism way of thinking,...