EPISTEMOLOGY

In epistemology, a defeater is a belief B1 that is held to be incompatible with another belief B2, hence [..]

Contrastivism is an epistemological theory proposed by Jonathan Schaffer that suggests that knowledge [..]

There are two distinct types of coherentism. One refers to the coherence theory of truth. The other [..]

In foundationalism, basic beliefs (also commonly called foundational beliefs) are the axioms of a belief system. [..]

Brute facts are opposed to institutional facts, in that they do not require the context of an institution [..]

Apperception (Latin ad + percipere, to perceive) has the following meanings: [..]

Aristotle’s theory of universals is one of the classic solutions to the problem of universals. Aristotle thought [..]

In philosophy, the term anti-realism is used to describe any position involving either the denial of an objective [..]

Androcentrism (Greek ανδρο, andro-, “man, male”, χεντρον, kentron, “center”) is the practice, conscious [..]

A skeptical hypothesis is a hypothetical situation that raises doubts about knowledge. Usually the hypothesis [..]