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Epistemology

Explore schools of thought in Epistemology

Coherentism
Knowledge as a Web of Interconnected Beliefs
Constructivism
How We Build Our Knowledge of the World
Contextualism
Understanding Knowledge Through Contextual Lenses
Empiricism
Knowledge Through Sensory Experience
Foundationalism
Building Knowledge on Basic Beliefs
Infinitism
The Endless Chain of Reasons
Pragmatism
Truth as What Works in Practice
Rationalism
The Philosophy of Reason as the Primary Source of Knowledge
Reliabilism
Knowledge from Reliable Cognitive Processes
Skepticism
Questioning the Possibility of Knowledge