"If you catch an epistemologist in a pithy moment, and you ask 'So, what is epistemology?,' they might say something like this: 'Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that concerns the nature and scope of human knowledge.' This isn't a bad answer. Epistemologists do care about what knowledge is (i.e., its nature). As a case in point, just look at their track record: since about the early 1960s, epistemologists have left about a 50-year paper trail that includes just about every attempt you can think of to fill in this ...
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"If you catch an epistemologist in a pithy moment, and you ask 'So, what is epistemology?,' they might say something like this: 'Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that concerns the nature and scope of human knowledge.' This isn't a bad answer. Epistemologists do care about what knowledge is (i.e., its nature). As a case in point, just look at their track record: since about the early 1960s, epistemologists have left about a 50-year paper trail that includes just about every attempt you can think of to fill in this blank"
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