How to Be an Epistemologist
Start by reading the epistemological works of Locke, Hume and Kant., After your research, it is necessary for you to take up a neutral position; to be unassuming and to leave behind all your previous beliefs of reality and knowledge. , Ask questions...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Start by reading the epistemological works of Locke
Plato's Timaeus is the first epistemological work created and still in one piece, read it. -
Step 2: Hume and Kant.
, How can we Know anything for certain? , It is better to give your work to someone else, to find arguments to disapprove your opinion. ,, It is still necessary however to know the major schools of thought, these are:
Empiricism which states that all knowledge derives from the senses and not from God or reasoning, although reasoning can produce true belief.
Rationalism states that some knowledge can be derived a priori or through reasoning.
It can also be innate or born with, such a thing is commonly referred to as intuition.
Constructivism which states that all knowledge is constructed in the sense it is determined by human perception, values and other socio-cultural reasons.
Skepticism is a school of thought that basically states that the external reality if there even is one is unknowable. , A posteriori knowledge is knowledge that is known by experience (that is, it is empirical, or arrived at afterward). , -
Step 3: After your research
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Step 4: it is necessary for you to take up a neutral position; to be unassuming and to leave behind all your previous beliefs of reality and knowledge.
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Step 5: Ask questions like
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Step 6: what is knowledge?
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Step 7: Write down your thoughts in a notepad and try to find arguments that support your opinion and ones that disapprove.
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Step 8: Continue this process.
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Step 9: After your research and your search for truth
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Step 10: decide which school of thought you belong to or found your own.
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Step 11: It is also advisable to know these to statements or definitions A priori knowledge is knowledge that is known independently of experience (that is
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Step 12: it is non-empirical
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Step 13: or arrived at beforehand).
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Step 14: Write a thesis and publish it if you want.
Detailed Guide
Plato's Timaeus is the first epistemological work created and still in one piece, read it.
, How can we Know anything for certain? , It is better to give your work to someone else, to find arguments to disapprove your opinion. ,, It is still necessary however to know the major schools of thought, these are:
Empiricism which states that all knowledge derives from the senses and not from God or reasoning, although reasoning can produce true belief.
Rationalism states that some knowledge can be derived a priori or through reasoning.
It can also be innate or born with, such a thing is commonly referred to as intuition.
Constructivism which states that all knowledge is constructed in the sense it is determined by human perception, values and other socio-cultural reasons.
Skepticism is a school of thought that basically states that the external reality if there even is one is unknowable. , A posteriori knowledge is knowledge that is known by experience (that is, it is empirical, or arrived at afterward). ,
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