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What Is Epistemology? – Keith DeRose

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I suppose many are in the position of knowing that epistemology is a branch of philosophy, but not knowing anything beyond that. (Well, not knowing anything further about what epistemology is — let’s not get into general skepticism just yet!)  The standard very short answer to our title question is that epistemology is the theory of knowledge.  In fact, so far as I can tell, “epistemology” and “theory of knowledge” are used interchangeably in, for instance, college course catalogues.  Epistemology, then, is the branch of philosophy that deals with questions concerning the nature, scope, and sources of knowledge.  In what follows, I’ll briefly describe a few of the issues epistemologists deal with.  That should give you a bit better idea of what epistemology is, and, for those considering taking an epistemology class, what to expect from such a class.  For those interested in further reading, there are links at the bottom of this page to articles that are introductory in nature (mostly

A Brief Introduction to the Topic Keith DeRose, Yale University Dept. of Philosophy I suppose many are in the position of knowing that epistemology is a branch of philosophy, but not knowing anything beyond that. (Well, not knowing anything further about what epistemology is — let’s not get into general skepticism just yet!) The standard very short answer to our title question is that epistemology is the theory of knowledge. In fact, so far as I can tell, “epistemology” and “theory of knowledge” are used interchangeably in, for instance, college course catalogues. Epistemology, then, is…

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