Hierarchical epistemology

A theory of knowledge

Hierarchical epistemology is a theory of knowledge which posits that beings have different access to reality depending on their ontological rank.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Ferrer, Jorge N. (2002). Revisioning transpersonal theory: a participatory vision of human spirituality. State Univ. of New York Press. p. 76\. ISBN 978-0-7914-5167-0.

## Further reading

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* Malinova, Mariana (26 May 2020). "Al-Fārābī and His Concept of Epistemological Hierarchy". Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Religious Learning between Continuity and Change (2 vols): 186–199\. doi:10.1163/9789004413214_010.

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Epistemology

Epistemologists|

* William Alston
* Aquinas
* Robert Audi
* Augustine
* A. J. Ayer
* George Berkeley
* Laurence BonJour
* Gilles Deleuze
* Keith DeRose
* René Descartes
* John Dewey
* Fred Dretske
* Edmund Gettier
* Alvin Goldman
* Nelson Goodman
* Paul Grice
* Anil Gupta
* Susan Haack
* David Hume
* Immanuel Kant
* Søren Kierkegaard
* Peter Klein
* Saul Kripke
* Hilary Kornblith
* David Lewis
* John Locke
* G. E. Moore
* John McDowell
* Robert Nozick
* Alvin Plantinga
* Plato
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* Hilary Putnam
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Theories|

* Coherentism
* Constructivism
* Contextualism
* Empiricism
* Evolutionary epistemology
* Fallibilism
* Feminist epistemology
* Fideism
* Foundationalism
* Holism
* Infinitism
* Innatism
* Naïve realism
* Naturalized epistemology
* Phenomenalism
* Positivism
* Rationalism
* Reductionism
* Reliabilism
* Representational realism
* Skepticism
* Transcendental idealism

Concepts|

* A priori knowledge
* A posteriori knowledge
* Analysis
* Analytic–synthetic distinction
* Belief
* Certainty
* Common sense
* Descriptive knowledge
* Exploratory thought
* Epistemic injustice
* Epistemic virtue
* Gettier problem
* Induction
* Internalism and externalism
* Justification
* Knowledge
* Meta
* Objectivity
* Privileged access
* Problem of induction
* Problem of other minds
* Perception
* Procedural knowledge
* Proposition
* Regress argument
* Simplicity
* Truth
* Uncertainty

Related articles|

* Faith and rationality
* Formal epistemology
* Metaepistemology
* Philosophy of perception
* Philosophy of science
* Social epistemology
* Virtue epistemology

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