<p><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology</a><br></b></p><p><b>Epistemology</b> (from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <i>επιστήμη</i> - <i>episteme</i>, "knowledge" + <i>λόγος</i>, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logos" title="Logos">logos</a>") or <b>theory of knowledge</b> is a branch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a> concerned with the nature and scope (limitations) of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge" title="Knowledge">knowledge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> The term was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Frederick_Ferrier" title="James Frederick Ferrier">James Frederick Ferrier</a> (1808-1864).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p>Much of the debate in this field has focused on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_analysis" title="Philosophical analysis">analyzing</a> the nature of knowledge and how it relates to similar notions such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth" title="Truth">truth</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief" title="Belief">belief</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_justification" title="Theory of justification">justification</a>.
It also deals with the means of production of knowledge, as well as
skepticism about different knowledge claims. In other words,
epistemology primarily addresses the following questions: "What is
knowledge?," "How is knowledge acquired?," "What do people know?," "How
do we know what we know?."</p>azmodie<br>-- <br>" Due to the speed of light being faster than the speed of sound people often look bright until they speak" <br>