epistemology
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Theory of knowledge and justification across the Western philosophical tradition. Covers the tripartite analysis (justified true belief), Gettier problems, foundationalism vs. coherentism vs. reliabilism, skepticism (Cartesian and external world), rationalism vs. empiricism, Kant's synthesis, social and feminist epistemology, pragmatist epistemology, naturalized epistemology, and philosophy of science (Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend). Use when analyzing claims about knowledge, evidence, certainty, justification, or scientific method.
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