Epistemology Vs. Theory Of Knowledge

James Fowler’s theory of faith development includes six stages: primal faith, intuitive-projective faith, mythic-literal faith, synthetic-conventional faith, individuative-reflective faith, conjunctive faith, and universalizing faith (Hutchison,

Epistemology or theory of knowledge is a branch of philosophy related to the scope and nature of knowledge. The subject focuses on examining the nature of knowledge, and how it relates to beliefs, justification, and truth. Epistemology contract with the means of production of knowledge, as well as skepticism about different knowledge claims. “Epistemology is the philosophical investigation into this question: What can we know? The question, at first, seems pretty simple: It seems pretty obvious that I know that 3+5+8, that the sun will rise tomorrow and that my chances of winning the lottery aren’t very good. I also know

“A Worldviews give faith-based answers to a set of ultimate and ground- ing questions. Everyone operates on the basis of some worldview or faith-based understanding of the universe and persons— examined, or unexamined, implicit or explicit, simplistic or sophisticated. One way or

The four main branches of philosophy are epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and logic. I will explore epistemology, the study of knowledge. The study of epistemology tries to define knowledge; identify the source of knowledge; the process of acquiring knowledge, and measures the limits of knowledge. Epistemology has intrigued philosophers since the Pre-Socratic era. In the 17th century, a fresh revolutionary outlook known as the Age of Enlightenment many new theories of epistemology began to emerge.

I will explore the relationship between faith and belief. At first glance, most of us will have the same

Philosophy engages us to ask a multitude of questions about our place in the world. Many of us start questioning as children, but later in life we tend to ignore them. Philosophers, help us address question such as What can we know? What should we do? What may we hope? What makes human beings human?

The questions that constructed in many theological arguments are critical for frequent members of society, as for when they are deciding what to believe regarding religion. Few of these questions include God, does he exist? Does the bible have authority? Hell, and who’s going there? In this theology class we have covered the foundations of four religious expressions. As I reflect upon our class discussions and multiple conducted interviews, evaluating how the interviews are commonly represented throughout Haughts, chapters 1-4.

all the questions, and they have to accept God’s truth rather than question the absolute truth. In

Bergman's Reformed Epistemology holds a distinction between rational and non-rational beliefs, as well as basic and non-basic beliefs; considering the rationality of religious beliefs to be something independent of their use as the basis of argument.

In my short life on this planet I have come to question things that many take upon blind faith. We all know that we must some day die; yet we continuously deny the forces at work inside ourselves, which want to search out the answers of what may or may not come after. It is far easier for humanity to accept that they will go to a safe haven and be rewarded for their lives with pleasures and fantasies of an unfathomable scale than to question the existence of a supposed omnipotent being. Yet, there are a few of us humans who tend to question the why's and wherefore's that society puts forth to us. We question the existence of God, or the creation of mankind rather than blindly accepting faith-filled beliefs we may received from our parents

What is faith? Faith is something different to everyone. If you asked a hundred different people, it is possible that you would get many diverse answers. Religious faith and non-religious faith are two very distinct terms. Faith holds an extremely complex meaning when discussing it in the context of religion. Faith is a belief. That holds true to every religious and non-religious person. Every faith involves a decision. It is not about what we claim to believe, but what we actually do believe, that is true faith. Throughout this paper, I am going to discuss Christian faith, how it pertains to daily life and Christianity as a whole. I also intend to delve into George W. Forell's discussion of Christian faith and analyze and

The term ‘epistemology’ is derived from the Greek word episteme, meaning knowledge. It is concerned with what we can know about reality and how we can know it. It seeks to find out the relationship between the knower and the known. So, basically it is concerned with the sources, the extent, the possibilities, the legitimacy and the nature of knowledge. Over the course of philosophy, rarely, has the philosopher concentrated on all of these issues. Most of them have focused on only one or two of these issues and have excluded the others. “There is a vast array of views about those topics, but one virtually universal presupposition is that knowledge is true belief, but not mere true belief. For example, lucky guesses or true beliefs resulting from wishful thinking are not knowledge. Thus, a central question in epistemology is: what must be added to true beliefs to convert them into knowledge” (Klein, 2005). Some key epistemological questions are:

Although many cannot articulate their reasons for believing in the existence of God, their faith is nonetheless definite

Ontology deals with questions concerning what entities exist or can be said to exist. What do we know? What are we certain of? What can we prove? What is the nature of existence? Epistemology is the study of knowledge. How do we know what we know? How can we establish truth and certainty? Are their limits to what we can know based on how we come to know it? These epistemological questions when combined with ontological questions have philosophers pondering what exists and how we know it exists.

I believe that faith is why we search for answers, hoping that there is a reason for everything, which has to do with such way of knowing as emotions. This are the things I'll discuss, in order to find a better understanding by the end of my essay of what makes us believe in what we do, what moves us towards those attempts to understand, does faith has something to do with it and how does the knowledge of Earth and Sun helps us understand the origins of life through reason and faith.