Questions tagged [epistemology]
Epistemology is the study of knowledge, acquisition thereof, and the justification of belief in a given claim.
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deductive reasoning and first principle
In continuation of Are the concepts of reductionism and first principles the same? my next question is what is the relationship between first principle thinking and deductive reasoning ?
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Are there logical facts absolutely necessary in modal logic across possible and impossible worlds?
If we consider weird universes or ones in which impossibilia exist alon others. Are there any logical things or laws of thought which have to exist across all types of wild conceptions?
Roujd squares ...
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How do analytic philosophers ground analytic philosophy?
Analytic philosophy tends to not be concerned with meta questions and resolves a distinction between analytic truths and synthetic truths, favouring an analysis on the analytic aspect, usually in ...
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Relations without Relata?
Ladyman’s ontic structural realism posits to the world is comprised of relations without relata. Can somebody please explain what this means conceptually? What are the reasons someone would have for ...
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In a very specific sense, what are the precise reasons why someone would not be able to verify whether or not their judgment is delusional?
I'm thinking of how people with dementia may not be aware that they have dementia, for example.
I'm also thinking about psychiatric syndromes associated with delusionality.
It seems like someone who ...
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relation of metaphor, analogy, with categorification/classification
Continuing relation of metaphor, analogy, with symmetry my third question is what is the relation between metaphor/analogy with categorification/classification .Please provide examples
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Where do we go if we gain knowledge of the absolute truth? [closed]
One of the fundamental questions that humans since the dawn of time have asked themselves is why are we here?, or how are we here?, how did all this happen to be?
Philosophers try to answer these ...
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Is human knowledge inherently vague (fuzzy)?
Adam Savage's Tested
https://youtu.be/QwWOUYpwi1I?t=71
On Mythbusters we were regularly trying to quantify what "dead" was. And, just like everything else in science, the closer you look ...
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How can we use probabilities non-pragmatically within our finitude?
There is usually the notion the we don't require certainty for knowledge. This usually comes through an assessment of probabilities. This is entailed in induction(which are probabilistic), including ...
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Revival of Logical Positivism?
Have there been any recent attempts to revive logical positivism? I've heard discussions that a modified version of the approach is gaining popularity, but I haven't seen any literature to that effect....
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If someone clearly believes that he has witnessed something extraordinary very clearly, why is it more reasonable to believe that they hallucinated?
I'd first like to make the following point: there is definitely a point at which evidence does make it reasonable to believe extraordinary claims. For example, if all of Europe claims to have seen the ...
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Does color mixing happen in the phenomenal mind or in the noumenal mind?
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I have been thinking about Qualia (in terms of "color") and the inverted color spectrum, and trying to figure out what mathematical functions are possible for shuffling the color ...
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Emergent Behavior: Observer-Constructed or Observer-Independent behavior of systems
I am seeking works that align with the following thesis: The emergent behaviors claimed to be observed in certain phenomena are not inherent to the phenomena themselves but are artifacts of the mental ...
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How can we describe intellect in a way that relates to philosophical knowledge?
Is there any writing by philosophers specifically about the nature of intelligence/intellect and the way it relates to epistemology? For example, is someone who's 'smarter' more likely to have true ...
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How well does the following argument work as a counter towards unfalsifiable supernatural claims?
Human perception is solely naturalistic; as such, empiricism and logic generated by human perception and interpretation of reality is strictly naturalistic as well.
Absence of evidence is not evidence ...
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