Epistemology at a glance

Abstract

The subject matter of Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge) is human knowledge; its nature, origin, scope and justification. It probes into the meaning and nature of human knowledge. It reflects on issues such as truth and justification which constitute for some scholars, the criteria qualifying any belief to count as knowledge. It also examines and attempts to set out the possibility of knowledge and foundations of certainty of knowledge. Epistemology is closely related to employs data received from Metaphysics in its study of human knowledge.