Epistemology
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Introduction (?)
The word 'epistemology' comes from two Greek words. The first is episteme-, which means 'knowledge'. The second word is logos and is commonly used as a suffix to indicate the name of an academic discipline or a systematic study. Therefore, epistemology is the branch of philosophy that studies human knowledge. Understanding what knowledge is and how we gain it are important topics within epistemology.
More pertinent to researching Intelligent Design are the epistemological assumptions of empirical positivism and reductionism. Both of these epistemological assumptions about reality are held as true by many scientists without question. Empirical positivism is a philosophical view which states that the only reliable information available to the human intellect is sensory observations related to empirical science. Reductionism is another assumption which says that answers and insight lie only in breaking down, and reducing, phenomena into smaller and smaller parts.
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Definition (?)
Investigate epistemology in order to understand the different ways humans come to knowledge.
Objectives (?)
Gain familiarity with different philosophical views of knowledge in order to understand scholarly approaches to gaining knowledge and insight into a subject.
Questions (?)
- What is knowledge?
- How do we know?
- How do we know facts?
- What is a fact?
- Can we gain insight and understanding about a thing within itself?
Keywords (?)
epistemology, human knowledge, fact, philosophy, philosophy of science
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William Dembski, ISCID
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