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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > logic and social science > formal epistemology
social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > general philosophy > formal epistemology

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formal epistemology  

Definition

  • Formal epistemology is the application of formal methods (logic, probability theory, and algebra, etc.) to an analysis of the operational properties of knowledge and related epistemic phenomena such as belief and information. Just as in the physical sciences we use formal methods to construct mathematical models of physical phenomena, in formal epistemology, we use formal methods to construct mathematical models of epistemic phenomena. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Formal Epistemology]

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