Epistemology

PHI 1500 Nikkei Lynch Monday 15th December 2014 The Right to Believe Philosophy of religion is a branch of religion that deal with questions regarding religion, including the nature and existence of God, and the examination of religious experiences, texts and vocabulary/ In most cases, philosophers of religion either agree or disagree with their views on certain topics relation to religion, that it, they may interpret and analyze subjects differently. The aim of this paper is to pose a…

Aristocles (but from here on out shall be recognized as Plato) captivated me from the beginning, and he captivates me nonetheless. Being fresh with curiosity and a sponge-like disposition, I soaked up the many principles and virtues of Plato’s epistemology and metaphysical concepts, and, to this day, I remember his works as vividly as I had when I first read them many weeks ago. His concepts appeared to me, at first, as original, radical, and intriguing. Today,…

Doubt and confidence are key sources of intellectual understanding and development. Doubt creates curiosity, which drives experts to understand more and research with greater depth, while confidence provides certainty of truth. But doubt also results in uncertainty and lack of confidence, which is disadvantageous in the production of knowledge. Is confidence even valuable in the production of knowledge? How confident can we be in knowledge? Does increased knowledge imply increased ignorance? Is…

as beliefs in his or her own rights. Philosophy is not a narrow subject, but a broad subject that allows more than just a personal Philosophy that every person knows and has. Philosophy has 3, and to some philosophers, 4 main branches: Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Logic. Philosophy is the strong basis to which many sciences have been created from. With these branches of Philosophy, it is easy to see that Philosophy is the backbone of many popular modern sciences like Biology,…

Analyzing Velleman and Moran’s Thoughts According to Velleman (1989), there exists a kind of belief through which people can create the truth. The philosopher argues that choice aims at the truth, and belief is controlled by the objective of perceiving something as factual only if it is factual. On the other hand, assuming and imagining involves accepting a suggestion hypothetically without the objective of getting the truth. Further, Velleman (1989) argues that resolving a question in the mind…

(1. Overview: In your own words, explain what you understand about epistemology. If someone asked you what you studied in this chapter, what could you tell that person? What is still confusing to you? Do you see a distinction between epistemology and metaphysics?) Epistemology is the macrocosm of understanding. It is not simply trying to come to conclusions and make predictable guesses, it is the source of it. It is the “why” to asking questions about the world and about the self, more…

Immanuel Kant was a promising modern philosopher born on April 22, 1714. He is considered to be the most influential figure in modern philosophy, with good reason. He sparked a philosophical revolution. Immanuel Kant gave his unique spin on epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics. Most of his ideas had never come up before. Immanuel Kant was a genius and ahead of his time. His philosophical points are still debated to this day. Immanuel Kant’s stance on ethics differs from any philosopher before…

the accepted values and practices of the dominant group. The dominant group determines what is knowledge by establishing an epistemology that is practiced and enforced by other members of the same community. In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Collins points out that elite white men control the knowledge validation process which leads to the oppression of minority epistemologies. If knowledge does not conform to the accepted standard it is ignored and deemed incorrect. As a result, other groups…

The ‘problem of induction’ has proven to be one of the most enduring problems of epistemology. Since it was first conceived by David Hume, countless philosophers have grappled with the challenge to solve or dissolve the problem.The basic problem of induction can be summarized as follows: suppose that we observe a large number of objects with characteristic “A”, keeping in mind that all of them also possess characteristic “B”. It is natural for us to conclude that, in all probability, that the…

This was an action research project conducted by a high school science teacher. She took a self-proclaimed constructionism epistemology. In regards to the epistemology, the study’s parameters were governed by the social environment. The study took place in the author’s 10th grade biology classroom, this was a natural setting for both the researcher and participants of the study. The research was conducted using qualitative methods, such as, interviews, observations, and participant. The…