The theory of knowledge: Epistemology

The Greek words for knowledge and explanation are episteme and logos, respectively.

Epistemology is one of the core areas of philosophy. It is concerned with the nature sources and limits of knowledge. It is the study of the nature of knowledge and justification.

Western philosophy standard defines epistemology as reflection upon the nature, goals, norms, concepts, and scope of evidence, justification and knowledge per se and as evaluation of human cognitive activities from the standpoint of these norms and goals.

There is a vast array of views about those topics, but one virtually universal presupposition is that knowledge is true belief but not mere true belief.

Epistemology has been dominated by Plato’s view of knowledge as ‘justified true belief’ related to rationalism and empiricism. However, the pragmatic view is probably the most relevance to information science.
The theory of knowledge: Epistemology