11/23/2005 · I suppose many are in the position of knowing that epistemology is a branch of philosophy, but not knowing anything beyond that. (Well, not knowing anything further about what epistemology is — let’s not get into general skepticism just yet!) The standard very short answer to our title question is that epistemology is the theory of knowledge.
Immanuel Kant, Plato, Socrates, John Locke, René Descartes
