epistemological

[ ih-pis-tuh-muh-loj-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. pertaining to epistemology, a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.

epistemological

/ ɪˌpɪstɪməˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

adjective

1. concerned with or arising from epistemology
2. (of a philosophical problem) requiring an account of how knowledge of the given subject could be obtained

Derived Forms

• eˌpistemoˈlogically, adverb

Other Words From

• e·piste·mo·logi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of epistemological¹

epistemolog(y) + -ical

Example Sentences

Is this really a genuine risk, what’s called “epistemological shock?”

From Salon

When your congregation zealously overestimates the epistemological functionality of empiricism in the work of logical positivism, you trap the conversation of science and consciousness in your lethally boring Vienna wagon-Circling.

From Salon

To his credit, the agenda flags an important epistemological tool, being “watchful for politically beneficial assumptions.”

From Salon

“Comedy and its epistemological relation to trauma theory” is the proposed dissertation topic of one of the characters in Anthony Veasna So’s new collection of essays and fiction, “Songs on Endless Repeat.”

From Los Angeles Times

In doing so, the group has introduced a new tool, the "dahliagram," to enable researchers to analyze and visualize a wide array of quantitative and qualitative knowledge from diverse disciplinary sources and epistemological backgrounds.

From Science Daily