QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Epistemology - ANS The branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge
Branches of epistemology - ANS 1. Personal Experience
2. Spiritual/Metaphysical
3. Authority
4. Tradition/Culture
5. Reason
6. Empiricism (observation)
What is the strongest form of 'knowing'? - ANS Personal Experience
Personal Experience - ANS Things we know from having lived through or personally
experienced
(unlikely to change)
Spiritual or Metaphysical - ANS Knowing gained this way can be hard to explain or prove, it's
a feeling (ex. it doesn't FEEL right to hit your child)
Authority - ANS Official/Unofficial authority figures (ex: celebrity endorsement)
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