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I would like learn about epistemology, can you recommend a source?
Are there any good text books? Online sources? What do you think of the Wikipedia article?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology#Knowledg...
I went to a bookstore recently, and most of the philosophy books were nothing but the personal philosophies of the authors, that is not what I am looking for.
wallodywallody, do you realize that this question was posted in the Philosophy section?
James C. People ask questions in places like Yahoo Answers to get the benefit of the personal experiences of responders. Why re-invent the wheel?
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- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology is so easy to understand, and so comprehensive from the moment a newborn is ejected into the world, until the time his consciousness is mature enough to make him an "individual" separate and able to think apart from his parents. And all in 121 pages! Get the expanded 2nd edition. 15 un-named philosophers ask Ayn Rand to explain herself, and in some cases she learns from them (as in the example that St. Augustine was the first to define "consciousness", in a variation of what Descartes would later say. Augustine said "If I doubt, I exist."
- James CLv 71 decade ago
Local library OR punch the word up on your computer for references and meaning