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Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge.Also called "theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowledge in the form of skills, and knowledge by acquaintance as a familiarity through experience.
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Knowledge can be produced in many ways. The main source of empirical knowledge is perception, which involves the usage of the senses to learn about the external world. Introspection allows people to learn about their internal mental states and processes. Other sources of knowledge include memory, rational intuition, inference, and testimony.
For example, the Carvaka school of the Śramaṇa tradition holds that only one (perception) is a reliable source of knowledge, [8] Buddhism holds that two (perception, inference) are valid means, [9] [10] Jainism holds three (perception, inference and testimony) as valid, [10] and the Mimamsa and Advaita Vedanta schools of Hinduism hold that ...
Traditional knowledge includes types of knowledge about traditional technologies of areas such as subsistence (e.g. tools and techniques for hunting or agriculture), midwifery, ethnobotany and ecological knowledge, traditional medicine, celestial navigation, craft skills, ethnoastronomy, climate, and others.
Infallibilism – Knowledge is incompatible with the possibility of being wrong. Fallibilism – Claims can be accepted even though they cannot be conclusively proven or justified. Non-justificationism – Knowledge is produced by attacking claims and refuting them instead of justifying them.
These express that Shruti, Smṛti and Acara are sources of jurisprudence and law. [30] The precedence of these sources is declared in the opening verses of each of the known, surviving Dharma-sūtras. For example, [30] The source of Dharma is the Veda, as well as the tradition [Smriti], and practice of those who know the Veda.
A tertiary source is an index or textual consolidation of already published primary and secondary sources [6] that does not provide additional interpretations or analysis of the sources. [7] [8] Some tertiary sources can be used as an aid to find key (seminal) sources, key terms, general common knowledge [9] and established mainstream science on a