Epistemology

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Epistemology (derived from the Greek epistēmē 'knowledge' and logos 'reason') is the philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge.[1] It translates the German concept of Wissenschaftslehre[2], which was used by Johann Gottlieb Fichte[3] and Bernard Bolzano.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Martinich, A. P., and Avrum Stroll. Epistemology. Encyclopædia Britannica.
  2. ↑ Suchting, Wal. Epistemology. Historical Materialism, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 331–45.
  3. ↑ Fichte, Grundlage der gesammten Wissenschaftslehre
  4. ↑ Bolzano, Wissenschaftslehre Vol. I.-IV.
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