Phil 215 Matrix Week One - Four

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Philosophy Matrix

Field Definition Historical Developments Schools Of Thought Key Contributors Principal Issues

Epistemology The theory of knowledge concerned with nature and scope of knowledge From Ancient Greece forward, Plato, Socrates and developmental thought Externalism, Internalism, Empiricism, Rationalism, Constructivism, Infinitism, Foundationalism, Coherentism, Skepticism Aristotle, Plato, Spinoza, Locke, George Berkeley, Immanuel Kant. (with all the questions I think we can attribute some Socrates also) Focused on the analysis of the nature of knowledge; how do we know what we know, why? How is knowledge acquired? What makes justified beliefs justified?

Metaphysics ...