Leo, what do you mean when you use the word epistemology?

[Eren Eeager]

simple one-sentence explanation. I know what it means but I need this short answer to clear everything up.

Edited February 4, 2021 by Eren Eeager

[SamC]

9 hours ago, Eren Eeager said:

simple one-sentence explanation. I know what it means but I need this short answer to clear everything up.

Theory of knowledge 

[StarStruck]

The field of how we know something. 

[Rilles]

How do we know what we know?

[StarStruck]

2 minutes ago, Rilles said:

How do we know what we know?

We don't 

[Rilles]

33 minutes ago, StarStruck said:

We don't 

That question is a good starting point for epistemology. "What is knowledge" is too vague imo, doesnt go personal enough.

[Mason Riggle]

There is one thing we can know for sure.. that something seems to be happening, rather than nothing.  We might be totally confused about the contents of our experience, we may be dreaming, or in a simulation, or a hallucination for example, but our experience is 'self evident'. 

Edited February 5, 2021 by Mason Riggle

[StarStruck]

24 minutes ago, Nextthing said:

How do we know that we don't know?

We don't know that the same way.