Epistemology vs. Methodology

Epistemologynoun

(uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?".

‘Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.’;

Methodologynoun

The study of methods used in a field.

Epistemologynoun

(countable) A particular theory of knowledge.

‘In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection.’;

Methodologynoun

(proscribed) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.

Epistemologynoun

The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

Methodologynoun

The implementation of such methods etc.

Epistemologynoun

the philosophical theory of knowledge

Methodologynoun

The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.

Epistemology

Epistemology ( (listen); from Greek ἐπιστήμη, epistēmē 'knowledge', and -logy) is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemologists study the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge, epistemic justification, the rationality of belief, and various related issues.

Methodologynoun

the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline

Methodologynoun

the system of methods followed in a particular discipline

Methodologynoun

a system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity

‘courses in research methodology and practice’; ‘a methodology for investigating the concept of focal points’;

Methodology

Methodology is .It comprises the theoretical analysis of the body of methods and principles associated with a branch of knowledge such that the methodologies employed from differing disciplines vary depending on their historical development. This creates a continuum of methodologies that stretch across competing understandings of how knowledge and reality are best understood.

‘'a contextual framework' for research, a coherent and logical scheme based on views, beliefs, and values, that guides the choices researchers [or other users] make’;