# Epistemology — What can be known?

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Category: Philosophy
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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:43.154Z
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## Summary

From Plato's Theaetetus to the replication crisis — a brief survey of the theory of knowledge: its objects, its sources, and the limits of what we may justifiably claim to know. Key sections include: EPISTEMOLOGY What can be known?; 02 Knowledge as justified true belief; 03 Plato — the Theaetetus; 04 Descartes — radical doubt; 05 Empiricism & the problem of induction; 06 Rationalism — knowledge a priori; 07 Kant — the synthetic a priori; 08 Gettier — JTB is not enough; 09 Reliabilism — processes, not reasons; 10 Skepticism — the brain in a vat.

## Slide Outline

1. EPISTEMOLOGY What can be known?
2. 02 Knowledge as justified true belief
3. 03 Plato — the Theaetetus
4. 04 Descartes — radical doubt
5. 05 Empiricism & the problem of induction
6. 06 Rationalism — knowledge a priori
7. 07 Kant — the synthetic a priori
8. 08 Gettier — JTB is not enough
9. 09 Reliabilism — processes, not reasons
10. 10 Skepticism — the brain in a vat
11. 11 Testimony, expertise, the wisdom of crowds
12. 12 Bayesianism, humility, and the replication crisis
13. 13 References & video

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