This lecture introduces epistemology, explains the questions such a field investigates, look what it means to obtain knowledge, and why the need for such a field arose in the first place.
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An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge - http://amzn.to/1XV1mKT (affiliate link)
Problems of Knowledge: A Critical Introduction to Epistemology - http://amzn.to/1U9cSfK (affiliate link)

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