| In modern epistemology, or theory of knowledge, certain assumptions are common. |
| It includes a number of books and articles that have nothing to do with epistemology and metaphysics. |
| A compartmentalized thinker who indulges in epistemology can destroy his knowledge, yet retain it as well. |
| You might say that this is the metaphysical residue not soaked up by Kantian epistemology. |
| In Britain, John Locke reacted against the innatism of Cartesian epistemology, but retained a theory of ideas. |
| This is a distinction central to the branch of the philosophy of social science known as epistemology. |
