How do you know something is true? Can we believe everything we hear? What’s the difference between knowledge and belief? Can we trust our senses? These are questions that can be asked under the philosophical branch of epistemology. Epistemology explores the nature, scope, and limits of human knowledge. It is the study of how we know what we know.
Below are examples of lesson plans used at the Eliot-Pearson elementary school to learn about epistemology: