Concept

Relevance

Overview

Relevance is the connection between topics that makes one useful for dealing with the other. Relevance is studied in many different fields, including cognitive science, logic, and library and information science. Epistemology studies it in general, and different theories of knowledge have different implications for what is considered relevant.

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Philosophers who discussed Relevance

• Will Durant

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Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of logic.

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