5. Rational Espistemology

5.1 Epistemological Choices

What are the important choices to be made in the field of epistemology?

The first concerns the language of epistemology. What are the important concepts and exactly what meaning should they be given?

Next there come methodological questions concerning how we organise the search for knowledge. Are there important classifications of knowledge which affect the methods we use for discovering or justifying the knowledge?

5.2 The Language of Epistemology

5.3 Skepticism and Speculation

5.4 A Priori Knowledge

5.5 Empirical Knowledge

5.6 Ethical Judgements