Epistemology studies the nature of information.
== Domains of inquiry in epistemology ===== Social epistemology ===Social epistemology deals with questions about knowledge in contexts where our knowledge attributions cannot be explained by simply examining individuals in isolation from one another, meaning that the scope of our knowledge attributions must be widened to include broader social contexts
'=== History of epistemology ===Epistemology, as a distinct field of inquiry, predates the introduction of the term into the lexicon of philosophy

