Epistemic concepts relate to knowledge - how we know things and what we can know. The word comes from the Greek “epistēmē” meaning knowledge or understanding. This includes questions like:
- How do we acquire knowledge?
- What constitutes evidence?
- What are the limits of human knowledge?
- How reliable are different ways of knowing?
- What makes a belief justified?
Epistemic question: “How can we know whether other minds exist besides our own?”
Ontological question: “What is the fundamental nature of mind/consciousness?”