Question
Download Solution PDF_______ issues concern the question of what is or should be regarded as acceptable knowledge in a discipline.
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Option 1 : Epistemological
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is - Epistemological
Key Points
- Epistemological
- Relates to the nature and scope of knowledge.
- Concerns the questions of what is or should be regarded as acceptable knowledge in a discipline.
- Includes discussions on the methods, validity, and scope of knowledge.
- Addresses how knowledge is acquired and the extent to which knowledge pertinent to any given subject or entity can be acquired.
Additional Information
- Ontological
- Relates to the nature of being and existence.
- Concerns the fundamental categories of being and their relations.
- Positivist
- Emphasizes empirical data and observable phenomena.
- Rejects metaphysical and theological considerations.
- Realism
- Asserts that entities exist independently of being perceived or thought.
- Opposes idealism and nominalism.