Before revision: Essence of epistemology Descriptive knowledge (" knowledge that ") Scientific method Truth 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 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.