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</ref> See: [[Atheism and irrationality]] ]]

</ref> See: [[Atheism and irrationality]] ]]

[[Epistemology]] is the analysis of the nature of [[knowledge]], how we know, what we can and cannot know, and how we can know that there are things we know we cannot know. In other words, it is ''the academic term'' associated with study of how we conclude that certain things are true.<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |last1= Virkler|first1= Henry A.|title= A Christian's Guide to Critical Thinking|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=rUgqAAAACAAJ&dq=virkler+A+Christian%27s+Guide+to+critical+thinking&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lzc9T9DDD4nN4QSy-fmACA&redir_esc=y |accessdate=16.2.2012 |type= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= |month= |origyear= |publisher= Wipf and Stock Publishers|location= Eugene, OR|isbn= 1-59752-661-4|page= 3|pages=336 |at= How do we know the Truth? |chapter= 1 |quote= |ref= }}</ref>

[[Epistemology]] is the analysis of the nature of knowledge, how we know, what we can and cannot know, and how we can know that there are things we know we cannot know. In other words, it is ''the academic term'' associated with study of how we conclude that certain things are true.<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |last1= Virkler|first1= Henry A.|title= A Christian's Guide to Critical Thinking|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=rUgqAAAACAAJ&dq=virkler+A+Christian%27s+Guide+to+critical+thinking&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lzc9T9DDD4nN4QSy-fmACA&redir_esc=y |accessdate=16.2.2012 |type= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= |month= |origyear= |publisher= Wipf and Stock Publishers|location= Eugene, OR|isbn= 1-59752-661-4|page= 3|pages=336 |at= How do we know the Truth? |chapter= 1 |quote= |ref= }}</ref>

The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] Jason Petersen wrote about [[atheism and epistemology]]:

The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] Jason Petersen wrote about [[atheism and epistemology]]: