2007-11-17 04:50:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Since Philosophy is the mother of all sciences, it stands to reason that speculative knowledge like fiction and beliefs and analytical one like values (most of all) should not be exempted from its purview.
2007-11-19 01:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by Lance 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It does come under consideration in epistemology. One way knowledge is commonly defined is "justified true belief". I think it would be safe to say that we can have beliefs about fiction (such as beliefs about Harry Potter) and beliefs about morals and values (such as "murder is wrong"). The question then becomes whether or not those beliefs are propositional, namely whether or not they have a truth value (meaning whether or not they can be true of false). That is where some will object.
It's also possible to define knowledge without requiring "truth" to be a property of knowledge. This may seem counterintuitive but some theories of truth treat truth not as a property and therefore it can't be a property of knowledge.
But either way, these are questions that are considered in epistemology.
2007-11-17 23:12:12 · answer #2 · answered by somrh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would say yes, as philosophy is concerned with what exists, and the nature of it, with how we live and how we decide how to live, what is knowledge and how we arrive at the knowledge we have
so that is a huge general area, no matter what the subject, how we arrive at our opinions on it and how we use the knowledge we have on it, is all philosophy
2007-11-17 13:41:06 · answer #3 · answered by dlin333 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋