Talk:The Problems of Philosophy

Isn't epistemology part of metaphysics?

This article claims that

"...Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics."

I just read this book and found it to be all about epistemology, that is, the philosophy of knowledge. But epistemology, I believe, is generally regarded a branch of metaphysics. So to me, this seems to be logically equivalent to "In his book on relativity, Einstein concentrates on time and space, rather than physics." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.73.248.37 (talk) 05:03, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Epistemology isn't necessarily a part of metaphysics. -Pollinosisss (talk) 18:30, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

The two are often paired, but in my experience epistemology is never considered a part of metaphysics. The two have different subject matters, after all; epistemology studying how we acquire knowledge about the world, and metaphysics studying how the world is. Were you thinking about ontology being a branch of metaphysics?

T of Locri (talk) 02:13, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Epistemology is not a branch of metaphysics.. both Epistemology and metaphysics are just branches of Philosophy. On another note, metaphysics is considered "unknowable" by many modern day philosophers, although this does NOT necessarily mean it is entirely written off.--24.187.8.149 (talk) 01:01, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Source

Here is a source i found: https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/acquaintance-knowledge-and-logic-new-essays-on-bertrand-russells-the-problems-of-philosophy/