Write an essay on the relation between metaphysics and epistemology.

 Epistemology (in Greek “episteme” means ‘knowledge and the suffix “ology” means “the science of or ‘the study of) is the branch of philosophy that involves the study of scope and nature of knowledge and justified belief,  while metaphysics (Greek word “metaphysical” – literally meaning “after physics”) is the branch of philosophy that involves the study of truth and reality.

Epistemology looks at how we know what the actual reality or truth is and are there are limits to this knowledge specially in terms of its validity, scope and methods, while metaphysics aims to get a thorough understanding about the nature of reality including abstract concepts (identity, time, space, being, knowing) and existence.

The term “epistemology” in the Greek means “episteme” and “logos”. “Episteme” meaning “knowledge”, and “logos” meaning “reason” or “account”. Epistemology is that branch of philosophy that involves the study of knowledge acquisition. It is based on reality, facts, rationality, justification, and belief.

This branch of philosophy addresses cognitive sciences (the study of learning, thought, and mental organization), cultural studies (teaching that investigates the different ways in which “culture” develops and transforms experiences of different individuals, their day to day life, power and social relations).

Metaphysics (“first philosophy” or sometimes just “wisdom”), is the foundation of philosophy.  It encompasses everything that exists, including the nature of existence itself. Metaphysicians seek an irreducible foundation of reality or “first principles from which an absolute knowledge of the truth can be induced or deduced.

It is a branch of philosophy that emphasizes on structures of reality: time and eternity, being and nothingness, time hood and personhood, space and time, freedom and determinism, mind and body, thinghood and personhood, and a supreme being and nature. It basically encompasses everything that exists, fundamental concepts and beliefs about them.

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