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[[Epistemology]] is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of knowledge, how one obtains it, and what constitutes truth. More generally epistemology can be seen as the study of how we know. Epistemology has also been defined as the examination of the obstacles to knowledge, with its goal being to "remove sources of error, rather than to define the nature of truth".<ref>Daston L., & Galison P. "Objectivity", 2010, page 377.</ref> | [[Epistemology]] is a branch of [[philosophy]] concerned with the nature of knowledge, how one obtains it, and what constitutes truth. More generally epistemology can be seen as the study of how we know. Epistemology has also been defined as the examination of the obstacles to knowledge, with its goal being to "remove sources of error, rather than to define the nature of truth".<ref>Daston L., & Galison P. "Objectivity", 2010, page 377.</ref> | ||
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Epistemology is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of knowledge, how one obtains it, and what constitutes truth. More generally epistemology can be seen as the study of how we know. Epistemology has also been defined as the examination of the obstacles to knowledge, with its goal being to "remove sources of error, rather than to define the nature of truth".[1]
References
- ↑ Daston L., & Galison P. "Objectivity", 2010, page 377.