Epistemology is the area of philosophy in which we ask How d

Epistemology is the area of philosophy in which we ask, \"How do we know?\" It is, in other words, the study of knowledge. The word \"epistemology\" is a combination of the Greek word \"episteme,\" which means knowledge, and the suffix \"-ology,\" which means \"the study of.\" It is where philosophers ask questions like, \"What is knowledge, and how is it different than mere belief or opinion?\"; \"What does it take to know something rather than merely believe it?\"; and, \"What are the sources of our knowledge? Reason? The senses? God?\"

Before you read Chapter 3 of Craig\'s Very Short Introduction to Philosophy, say what you think knowledge is in a paragraph in the linked discussion forum. To help get you started, here are a few questions to think about (though you don\'t have to directly answer them in your paragraph): What differentiates knowledge from mere belief? Can we know that we know something? Is knowledge always true? What about belief or opinion? Who gets to decide what counts as knowledge and what counts as belief or opinion?

Solution

First of all, knowledge is intellectual while belief is mere emotional, ie, without any logic. Moreover knowledge is rational in nature while belief is not. We sometimes have a feeling that we know something. Knowledge need not be always true. It is relative. Belief is changeable, not permanent. The decision on knowledge and belief is subjective and not objective.