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Generally speaking, we can think of arguments for the existence of God as falling under two main categories: cosmological and teleological (sometimes also called fine-tuning). Both sorts of argument appear a...

The Gettier Problem was popularised by Edmund Gettier's 1963 paper and is best expressed as the fact that it is possible to offer counterexamples to the tripartite account of knowledge. As always in philosop...

According to direct realism, we perceive objects in the external world directly. This is contrasted with indirect realism, which holds that the immediate objects of perception are mental representations or s...

Our concept of God is that of a being greater than which none can be imagined. Since we are able to imagine God at all, then we can see the God exists as an idea in the mind. However, it seems that a thing w...

Epistemology is the theory of knowledge, with specific regards to its method, validity and scope. It helps us to define the distinctions between justified belief and opinions, whilst also gaining an understa...