Epistemology, derived from the Greek words episteme, meaning knowledge, and logos, meaning reason or argument, is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, scope, and sources of knowledge. It ...

Engineering is both a technical and a normative practice, involving judgments about evidence, models, uncertainty, and risks that carry ethical consequences. This workshop brings together philosophers ...

Moral psychology and social epistemology study how people think, decide and learn together. This research area explores how moral judgment works, how beliefs are formed and influenced and how ...

Since the time of Descartes philosophers have sought to establish what justifies true beliefs by examining the epistemic conditions immediately underlying knowledge claims. As critics of this ...

How do you know what the weather will be like tomorrow? How do you know how old the Universe is? How do you know if you are thinking rationally? These and other questions of the “how do you know?” ...

History often hides its greatest lessons in ruins. A visitor walking through the courtyards of the Alhambra in Granada, standing beneath the silent arches of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, or wandering ...

Everything you need to teach the ‘What is Knowledge?’ topic in the Epistemology unit for AQA A Level Philosophy. Nine one-hour lessons, each with a Powerpoint presentation and a student handout.

This is a revision bundle on Influences of Epistemology from the AQA A Level Philosophy Specification. It includes 12 lessons, covering Direct Realism; Indirect Realism; Idealism; the Tripartite ...