nLab epistemology

This entry is about the notion in philosophy and modal logic. For Trimble’s approach to formal category theory, see this page.

Idea

In philosophy, epistemology refers to the theory of knowledge.

The mathematical formalization of epistemology is the subject of epistemic modal logic (and possibly of modal logic and modal type theory more generally).

Related concepts

• epistemology of mathematics

• epistemic modal logic

Literature

General

Textbook accounts:

• Robert Audi , Epistemology – A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, Routledge (2011) [ISBN:9780415879231]

• Duncan Pritchard, Epistemology, Springer (2016) [doi:10.1007/978-1-137-52692-2]

See also:

• Wikipedia, Epistemology

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Epistemology

In quantum physics

Discussion of epistemological issues in quantum physics and its interpretation (see there for more):

• Nils Bohr, Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics, in: P. A. Schilpp (ed.), Albert Einstein, Philosopher-Scientist, The Library of Living Philosophers VII Evanston (1949) 201-241, and Niels Bohr Collected Works 7 (1996) 339-381 [doi:10.1016/S1876-0503(08)70379-7]

• Jagdish Mehra, The quantum principle: Its interpretation and epistemology, Dialectica 27 2 (1973) 75-157 [jstor:42968519]

• Eugene P. Wigner, Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics, Part I in: Jagdish Mehra (ed.), Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses Vol B.VI in: The Collected Works of Eugene Wigner, Springer (1973) [doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78374-6_5]

• Daniel Greenberger, Wolfgang L. Reiter, Anton Zeilinger, Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics, Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook (VCIY) 7 (1999) [doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1454-9]

• Florian J. Boge, Quantum Mechanics Between Ontology and Epistemology, European Studies in Philosophy of Science (ESPS) 10, Springer (2008) [doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95765-4]