epistemology

> If you aren't smart enough [to safely code a website in C...] the first clue that you aren't is that you think that you areGee, isn't that epistemology at its finest.

"This is a pretty interesting epistemology to say the least.

I think the journalistic epistemology it dismisses is actually a good one, but is not being demonstrated in the attacks on Nate Silver.

The core problem of economics is one of epistemology.> then why haven't they lowered gas prices to increase demand like the magic formula says they will?What magic formula are you talking about?

A good chunk of the current discussion in philosophy of science, for example, centers around epistemology to varying degrees as it relates to current discoveries in genetics and neuroscience.

The point of the article isn't to explore the epistemology of why or how we perceive ourselves to be "special".The point was that a few years ago we had a solid, broadly-agreed-upon scientific theory of planetary formation.

Because those who hold conspiracy theories typically suffer from a crippled epistemology, in accordance with which it is rational to hold such theories, the best response consists in cognitive infiltration of extremist groups.

Its relevance in philosophy/epistemology/science/computing has been inflated out of proportion by the confused arguments of Hofstadter, Penrose, etc. Just because it's difficult to understand doesn't mean that it will tell you the meaning of life.

The essence of this change is the emergence of what might best be called procedural epistemology the study of the structure of knowledge from an imperative point of view, as opposed to the more declarative point of view taken by classical mathematical subjects.

> Because those who hold conspiracy theories typically suffer from a crippled epistemology, in accordance with which it is rational to hold such theories"Crippled epistemology" is an interesting name for being unable to distinguish opinion from fact.

Our understanding of epistemology, repeatability, and falsifiability have evolved alongside and as a result of the scientific method as we have journeyed through mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical physics, and quantum mechanics and relativity.

Long-form, long-lead-time investigative journalism is perhaps where it's best demonstrated, and in that case blends somewhat into the epistemology used by anthropologists, sociologists, and ethnographers: the idea that to understand a situation or culture you need to spend considerable time with it, observing how it works, how the people there think and act, etc., even being yourself embedded in it for a time.