Before revision: Core topics of epistemology Knowledge Knowledge that ("descriptive knowledge") Knowledge how ("procedural knowledge") Knowledge by acquaintance Truth Justification Philosophical skepticism Scientific method Branches of epistemology Agnotology – the study of ignorance or doubt Alethiology – the study of the nature of truth Formal epistemology – subdiscipline of epistemology that uses formal methods from logic, probability theory and computability theory to elucidate traditional epistemic problems.
After revision: Core topics of epistemology Knowledge Knowledge that ("descriptive knowledge") Knowledge how ("procedural knowledge") Knowledge by acquaintance Truth Justification Philosophical skepticism Scientific method Branches of epistemology Formal epistemology – subdiscipline of epistemology that uses formal methods from logic, probability theory and computability theory to elucidate traditional epistemic problems.