argh. can someone explain the difference between ontology and epistemology to me???

[Heathcliffscathy]

is ontology study of life and epistemology study of knowledge?

what does that actually mean?

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

at times like this, I turn to Wiki...

you're right though - might call ontology the study of being, and by extension reality, rather than life

questions about the nature of things - e.g. whether things exist or whether human beings exist in the same way as inanimate objects do - are ontological, whereas questions regarding how we about things are epistemological i.e. how we know our knowledge is knowledge

lol that was as clear as mud wasn't it

ontology is about being, epistemology is about knowing

that's better!