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 . The nature of [[knowledge]] and [[truth]].
-. The sources of knowledge — perception, reasoning, testimony, memory, and related means of knowing.
+. The sources of knowledge — perception, [[Logical reasoning|reasoning]], testimony, memory, and related means of knowing.
 . The justification of [[belief]]s — what makes a belief well‑supported rather than mere opinion.

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	The reliability of [[information]] — how we distinguish credible claims from unreliable ones.		The reliability of [[information]] — how we distinguish credible claims from unreliable ones.
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	== Traditional View of Knowledge ==		== Traditional View of Knowledge ==

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 [[File:Beliefs and knowledge and truths.png|right|thumbnail|400px|A Venn diagram picturing the traditional definition of [[knowledge]] as justified [[Truth|true]] [[belief]] (That is represented by the yellow circle). ]]
 '''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 [[Truth|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>
 == Traditional View of Knowledge ==
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 ) it is true.
 Most modern epistemology concerns itself with two problems, the adequacy of that definition and analysis of what it means for a belief to be "justified".
 == Is the "traditional view" adequate? ==

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 *[[Philosophy]]
 *[[Postmodern science]]
 *[[Philosophical naturalism]]

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 [[File:Beliefs and knowledge and truths.png|right|thumbnail|400px|A Venn diagram picturing the traditional definition of [[knowledge]] as justified [[Truth|true]] [[belief]] (That is represented by the yellow circle). ]]
-'''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 [[Truth|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>
 == Traditional View of Knowledge ==

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 *[[Argument from religious experience]]
 *[[Swinburne's argument from religious experience]]
 == References ==

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	Whilst skepticism is normally a methodological conceit some philosophers do subscribe to a skeptical position.[http://intl.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/284/5420/1625]		Whilst skepticism is normally a methodological conceit some philosophers do subscribe to a skeptical position.[http://intl.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/284/5420/1625]
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		+	== See also ==
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		+	*[[Philosophy]]
		+	*[[Postmodern science]]
		+	*[[Philosophical naturalism]]
		+	*[[Faith and reason]]
		+	*[[Argument from religious experience]]
		+	*[[Swinburne's argument from religious experience]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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−	~~== See also ==~~

−	*[[Philosophy]]
−	*[[Postmodern science]]
−	*[[Philosophical naturalism]]
−	*[[Faith and reason]]
−	*[[Argument from religious experience]]
−	*[[Swinburne's argument from religious experience]]

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 == Epistemic humility ==
-'''Epistemic humility''' is the application of the virtue of [[Humility]] to questions of the ability to know something.<ref>[http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/08/the-argument-for-epistemic-humility.html The argument for epistemic humility]</ref>
+''See also:'' [[Epistemic humility]]
 == Skepticism ==