epistemology

Which is the official position : Classical, evidential, presuppositional, or other ? From what I've seen it seems to be evidential, but I don't see why it can't be others also. I think this falls under epistemology and prolegomena. I could be wrong but from what I can understand as a layman...

At a time when mainstream science is increasingly rejected by people on the fringes of society, how can science promote facts and evidence, relating to matters of pressing concern, like covid19? How can we distinguish between credible scientists and noncredible scientists when scientists are...

The question for this thread is straightforward and simple: Keeping the concept of Epistemology in mind which has to do with the way(s) we justify our claims of knowledge, how and by what method does a Christian "know" when he or she qualifies as, or has been given the status of, an authentic...

In life we sometimes have to make decisions about potentially life transforming experiences. Should we marry or no? Should we have children? Should I pursue this particular religious path? Unlike my choice of breakfast cereal, these kinds of decisions are "high stake" decisions. That is, my...

Why a strange philosophical specialty known as "Epistemology," matters to everyone trying to discover what is true about their world. Epistemology is the study of human understanding. That is it answers the question, "What can we call knowledge?" There are several differing views of the limits...

... that's right! You heard what I said! Humanity, today, as it continues to increasingly reject a really substantial metaphysics by which to buttress what should be a Prescriptive admonishment to treat other human beings with respect, compassion and care, is pandering instead to an ethereal...

From Oxford University Press: Sheridan Hough briefly talks about the importance of Subjectivity as an antidote to depersonalized Objectivity, and she applies the existential implications of Kierkegaard's Dancing Tax Collector ... Our exhausted (first) world: a plea for 21st-century...

Living Water ~ Everyone who drinks of the water of materialism will thirst again. John 4:21-24 Jesus said, “Believe me, woman. The time is coming when neither in Jerusalem nor on this mountain will you actually worship the Father. You Samaritans worship something you don’t understand. We...

Definitions Materialism: The monistic philosophical position that assumes all reality is, and only can be, matter. Matter is ultimately reducible to elementary particles as understood by our current scientific models. Atomistic knowing: Knowledge gained by understanding the constitutive...

So, there's an atheist Youtube channel called 'Truth Wanted' run by an intelligent and really nice guy who goes by the name of Objectively Dan. He's one of the newer ex-christian atheists who has come along over the past few years and started up his own channel on which he features different...

Given any proposition p, is it a matter of choice to believe that p is true (or false)? It seems to me that if I strongly believe that p is true, then I will not be able to simply choose to believe that p is false. And, likewise, if I strongly believe that p is false, then I will not be able to...

Is there a replication crisis in psychology? I have been tracking this for a few years, and I would say there is. One of the things that worries me is that in some Christians circles there is already a tendency of incredulity towards science. (That might be the friendly way to put it.) I try to...

[See the edit below for additional direction on this OP thread! Thanks!] Kierkegaard, in relation to Lessing, spoke about a leap of faith. And his whys and wherefores for doing so were a little like this (and don't worry, it's a short movie clip): What?! You wouldn't make such a leap for...

Is the Christian life a kind of quest, one that takes us to a destination of certain knowledge at some distinct point in this life, or is it instead meant to be an ongoing but always incomplete experience of the journey itself as we find ourselves--each day we live--traveling to the destination...

I have read enough to know that I think the Van Tilian approach to epistemology, vie presuppositionalism is unsupportable (IMO). What alternatives are there?

Someone said not too long ago that "these are the times that try men's souls," or something to that effect. I suppose he was right in some capacity because, let's face it, we all seem to be languishing in a world gone awry, and even if someone doesn't presently adhere to some form of Metaphysics...

In the following video, Street Epistemologist Anthony Magnabosco (an outspoken [but friendly] atheist) narrates material created by Rebecca Fox. Needless to say, and without giving anything away, the video presents an angle on epistemology which directs us to consider various implications about...

And, for non LDS how is epistemology defined in your sect?

MIchael Martin, Philosophy of Religion Professor at Boston University and an atheist said, "The aim of this book is not to make atheism a popular belief or even to overcome its invisibility. My object is not utopian. It is merely to provide good reasons for being an atheist. … My object is to...

There's a YouTube channel I've been watching recently that is an ex-Mormon's thoughts on faith, epistemology, etc., and I've recently stumbled upon this article on his accompanying blog: Fix your faith crisis with this one weird trick! The title is meant to sound like an infommercial (for the...