Medicis Aesthetics, the makers of Restylane and Perlane, was behind Dysport, and they presented the first real competition to Botox. Dysport is now owned by Galderma and has gained traction as a popular botulinum toxin for wrinkle reduction to the point where many patients now request it by name.
Epistemology (/ÉªËpÉªstÉªËmÉlÉdÊi/ ( listen); from Greek á¼ÏÎ¹ÏÏÎ®Î¼Î·, epistÄmÄ, meaning 'knowledge', and Î»ÏÎ³Î¿Ï, logos, meaning 'logical discourse') is the branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge. Epistemology studies the nature of knowledge, justification, and the rationality of belief.
This brief example highlights the two broadest angles philosophers take regarding knowledge, which is that of âepistemologyâ and âontology.â Ontology refers to the question of reality and is about determining what can be said to really exist in the world. In contrast, epistemology refers to how we humans know things. A âtheory of knowledgeâ would explain what knowledge was, how humans could come to know things, what truly existed in the world, and the complicated relationship between the two. A Basic Approach to Conceptualizing Knowledge