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Philosophers principally known for theories of knowledge, justification, belief, perception, and the sources and limits of what can be known. Belongs here: empiricists, rationalists in their epistemological aspect, pragmatists, skeptics, and classical schools such as Nyaya whose central contribution is a theory of knowledge. Does not belong here: philosophers whose epistemology is secondary to a primarily metaphysical contribution, grouped under Metaphysics, or a primarily logical one, grouped under Logic.

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1. Epistemology (Wikipedia)

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Epistemology, lead section, term-coining sentence
Despite its ancient roots, the word itself was coined only in the 19th century to designate this field as a distinct branch of philosophy.
Epistemology, lead section, early traditions sentence
Early reflections on the nature, sources, and scope of knowledge are found in ancient Greek, Indian, and Chinese philosophy.

A.J. Ayer

Aaron ben Joseph of Constantinople

Afdal al-Din Kashani

Akshapada Gautama

Alvin Goldman

Amia Srinivasan

Andrzej Leder

Carlos Vaz Ferreira

Carneades

David Hume

David Miller

Daya Krishna

Dharmakirti

Didier Kaphagawani

Edmund Gettier

Edmund Husserl

Eduardo Rabossi

G.E. Moore

Gorgias

Gustav Shpet

Hamid Vahid-Dastjerdi

Hans-Georg Gadamer

Henry Odera Oruka

Immanuel Kant

Jaakko Hintikka

John Dewey

John Locke

José Zalabardo

Katharina T. Kraus

Kazimierz Twardowski

Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya

Kristie Dotson

Luis Villoro

Michel de Montaigne

Michel Malherbe

Nelson Goodman

Paul Ricoeur

Paulin Hountondji

Protagoras

Pyrrho of Elis

Quassim Cassam

Richard Bradley

Richard Rorty

Sextus Empiricus

Sidi Mohamed Barkat

Souleymane Bachir Diagne

Susan Haack

Sylvia Wynter

Timothy Williamson

V. Y. Mudimbe

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe

Walter Terence Stace

Ward Jones

Wilfrid Sellars

William James