Reading the Bible Experientially

Background Information

The word epistemology is derived from the Greek epistēmē meaning “knowledge” and logos meaning “study of”. So I would say that epistemology is simply the science of learning. J.F. Ferrier created epistemology on the model of ‘ontology’, which designates the branch of philosophy which aims to discover the meaning of knowledge, and called it the ‘true beginning’ of philosophy. James Frederick Ferrier was born on June 16th 1808 in Edinburgh and perished on June 11th, 1864. James Ferrier was a Scottish metaphysical writer. He introduced the term epistemology. The point of epistemology is to deconstruct the world in a precise way to say it is the study of knowledge and justified belief. Epistemologists concern themselves with a number of tasks, which they sort into two categories.

First, we must determine the nature of knowledge. What does it mean to say that someone knows, or fails to know, something? This is a matter of understanding what knowledge is, and how to distinguish between cases in which someone knows something and cases in which someone does not know something but ather the person believes in something. While there is some general agreement about some aspects of this issue, we shall see that this question is much more difficult than one might imagine.

Second, it most be determinded, the extent of human knowledge; meaning how much do we, or can we, know? How can we use our reason, our senses, the testimony of others, and other resources to acquire knowledge? Are there limits to what we can know? For instance, are some things unknowable? Is it possible that we do not know nearly as much as we think we do? Should we have a legitimate worry about skepticism, the view that we do not or cannot know anything at all?

Belief that cannot be Known

Allow me to provide an example of this. I have no doubt in my mind the Bigfoot, the Yeti, Sasquatch, Skunk Ape, Yowie, The Grasman, the Yeren or whatever term you wish to call this monsterous Ape-like creature that is bipedal and has been sighted all over the world and is especially spiritual to Native people of the land, in which this creature is thought to live. Now according to science and epistemology I have the right to believe in this creature but I can not know for sure to say in a scienical manner that this Ape-like creature does exist. So according to the epistemology I am unable to produce any knowledge of its existence. There is a difference in beleieve and knowledge and the debate between knowledge and believe can be said about any religion around the world..

Knowledge does require belief. Of course, not all beliefs can be categorized as knowledge. Belief is necessary but not sufficient enough to pass along as knowledge. We are all sometimes mistaken in what we believe; in other words, while some of our beliefs are true, others are false. As we try to acquire knowledge, then, we are trying to increase our arsenal of true beliefs. We might say that the typical design beliefs is to describe or capture the way things actually are; that is, when one forms a belief, one is seeking a match between one’s mind and reality.

Knowledge requires factual belief. Just as knowledge requires successfully achieving the objective of true belief, it also requires success with regard to the formation of that belief. In other words, not all true beliefs constitute knowledge; only true beliefs that constitute the right way of gaining knowledge. What is the right way of arriving at beliefs? In addition to truth, what other properties must a belief have in order to constitute knowledge? Sound reasoning and solid evidence seem to be the way to acquire knowledge that is not a guess or a lucky guess. A belief is said to be true if it is collected in the right way. While justification seems, at first glance, to be a matter of a belief’s being based on evidence and reasoning.

Notable Epistomologist

There were many people who believed in epistemology. Sme notable names include:

• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Aristotle
• Francis Bacon
• René Descartes
• Plato
• Socrates
• John Locke
• This is just a few of many epistemologistint history. For the sake of this paper we will focus on just one man Rene Descartes.

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