epistemology
"Epistemology is like these two goats: if you get the foundation wrong, you can think as hard as you whish - it will get you nowhere. If, however, the underlying logic of your exploration is sound, you can at once hang out - and think wide."
"Epistemology is concerned with the
nature of knowledge (i.e. with what is knowledge) and methodology is concerned with how knowledge is acquired. In other words, epistemology is like a restaurant's menu whereas methodology is more like a street map showing how to get to the
restaurant."
"The method of idealistic epistemology is like that of the quack physician ; it first administers a drug which makes the patient's ailment chronic, thus making its own ..."
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