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Knowledge and ontology are fundamentally related as the two primary branches of philosophical inquiry, with epistemology defined as the study of knowledge [1] and ontology defined as the study of what exists [2].

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Understanding epistemology and its key approaches in research cefcambodia.com Koemhong Sol, Kimkong Heng · Cambodian Education Forum 1 fact
claimPotter (2017) distinguishes between ontology and epistemology by stating that ontology is concerned with what exists and in what form, while epistemology is concerned with how humans can come to know and understand those things.
Epistemology grokipedia.com Grokipedia 1 fact
claimScottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier coined the term 'epistemology' in 1856 to designate the branch of philosophy that systematically examines knowledge and distinguishes it from ontology.