What Are Gettier Cases?
Readers of this blog will likely recall that in an earlier epistemology post one of the given definitions of knowledge defined it as “justified true belief.” Well, that definition is…
Category: Epistemology
Can You Define Love: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Love
Given that it’s Valentine’s Day, I figured this week’s post should be all about love. While love and philosophy seem like two things you’d want to keep completely separate, the…
What Is Epistemology? Pt. 4: Other Epistemologies
In this final portion of “What is Epistemology?” I briefly go over snippets of Pre-Socratic, Chinese, and Indian epistemology. Epistemology before epistemology Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all get their due…
What Is Epistemology? Pt. 3: The Nature of Justification and Belief
In this post, we’ll talk about one of the most popular contemporary definition of knowledge, the Justified True Belief theory and the conditions it relies on. The contemporary consensus: Justified…
What Is Epistemology? Pt. 2: Types of Knowledge
In this second post on epistemology, I’ll be talking about modern notions of defining knowledge. What is knowledge? Epistemology fundamentally begins with the definition of knowledge. The reason this is the…
What Is Epistemology?
What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. – Werner Heisenberg What does it mean to know something? Are there conditions which must…