Why Study Epistemology?
We are all familiar with the various disciplines of study (such as those mentioned above) that serve as the basis of traditional academic curricula and major societal institutions. Most, if not all, traditional academic disciplines together with their fundamental presuppositions, assumptions, languages, cultures and methodologies have their roots in philosophy. In modern times, however, these disciplines have developed a life of their own, study in such silos of knowledge being tantamount in many important respects to a process of socialization. What is most often absent from this approach is a critical analysis of the fundamental assumptions, presuppositions and systems of inference that underlie such disciplines. Rather than being critically examined, these foundational components of traditional academic disciplines and major societal institutions remain transparent and as such are highly resistant to change. The modern period has its roots perhaps most notably in the 14th 16th centu
