− | '''Epistemologia''' (do grego ἐπιστήμη, ''epistème'', "certo conhecimento" ou "ciência", e λόγος, ''logos'', "discurso") é aquele ramo da filosofia que lida com o as condições sob as quais o conhecimento científico pode ser obtido e os métodos para alcançá-lo.<ref>Acredita-se que o termo tenha sido cunhado pelo filósofo escocês James Frederick Ferrier em seu ''Institutos de Metafísica'' (p.46), of 1854; see Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ''[https://www.iep.utm.edu/ferrier/ James Frederick Ferrier (1808—1864)]''. [[:wikipedia:James Frederick Ferrier|Wikipedia]]</ref> The term specifically indicates that part of gnoseology which studies the foundations, validity and limits of scientific knowledge. In English-speaking countries, the concept of epistemology is instead mainly used as a synonym for gnoseology or knowledge theory — the discipline that deals with the study of knowledge. | + | '''Epistemologia''' (do grego ἐπιστήμη, ''epistème'', "certo conhecimento" ou "ciência", e λόγος, ''logos'', "discurso") é aquele ramo da filosofia que lida com o as condições sob as quais o conhecimento científico pode ser obtido e os métodos para alcançá-lo.<ref>Acredita-se que o termo tenha sido cunhado pelo filósofo escocês James Frederick Ferrier em seu ''Institutos de Metafísica'' (p.46), of 1854; Vejo Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ''[https://www.iep.utm.edu/ferrier/ James Frederick Ferrier (1808—1864)]''. [[:wikipedia:James Frederick Ferrier|Wikipedia]]</ref> The term specifically indicates that part of gnoseology which studies the foundations, validity and limits of scientific knowledge. In English-speaking countries, the concept of epistemology is instead mainly used as a synonym for gnoseology or knowledge theory — the discipline that deals with the study of knowledge. |
| Incidentally, the basic problem of epistemology today, as in Hume’s time, remains that of verifiability.<ref>[[:wikipedia:David Hume|David Hume]] (Edimburgh, 7 may 1711 – Edimburgh, 25 august 1776) was a Scottish philosopher. He is considered the third and perhaps the most radical of the British Empiricists, after the Englishman John Locke and the Anglo-Irish George Berkeley.</ref><ref>{{cita libro | | Incidentally, the basic problem of epistemology today, as in Hume’s time, remains that of verifiability.<ref>[[:wikipedia:David Hume|David Hume]] (Edimburgh, 7 may 1711 – Edimburgh, 25 august 1776) was a Scottish philosopher. He is considered the third and perhaps the most radical of the British Empiricists, after the Englishman John Locke and the Anglo-Irish George Berkeley.</ref><ref>{{cita libro |