Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
Epistemology refers to
AA term used only in the social sciences
BA study of the types of diseases
CThe theory of knowledge and how knowledge is acquired in a field of study ✓ Correct
DA type of interviewing technique
Correct answer: (C) The theory of knowledge and how knowledge is acquired in a field of study — Epistemology refers to the theory of knowledge and how knowledge is acquired, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Epistemology refers to the theory of knowledge and how knowledge is acquired, so that is the answer.
★Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, sources and validity of knowledge.
★So in research it deals with what counts as acceptable knowledge in a field and how it is gained.
★It is not a term confined to the social sciences alone, since it belongs to all fields of inquiry.
★It is not the study of diseases, which is pathology, a different subject.
★It is not an interviewing technique, so epistemology is the theory of knowledge.
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