Preferred Name

epistemology
Synonyms

theory of knowledge

Definitions

The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge. Epistemology is the study of the nature of knowledge, justification, and the rationality of belief. Much debate in epistemology centers on four areas: (1) the philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and how it relates to such concepts as truth, belief, and justification, (2) various problems of skepticism, (3) the sources and scope of knowledge and justified belief, and (4) the criteria for knowledge and justification.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008133

definition

The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge. Epistemology is the study of the nature of knowledge, justification, and the rationality of belief. Much debate in epistemology centers on four areas: (1) the philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and how it relates to such concepts as truth, belief, and justification, (2) various problems of skepticism, (3) the sources and scope of knowledge and justified belief, and (4) the criteria for knowledge and justification.

Dewey Decimal Classification

120

121

has database cross reference

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Epistemology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology

has related synonym

theory of knowledge

label

epistemology

Library of Congress Classification

BD143-BD237

Library of Congress Subject Headings

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072732

prefixIRI

GSSO:008133

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epistemology

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003088

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