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epistemology
[ ih-pis-tuh-mol-uh-jee ]
noun
- a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
epistemology
/ ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɒlədʒɪ /
noun
- the theory of knowledge, esp the critical study of its validity, methods, and scope
epistemology
- The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of knowledge. Epistemology asks the question “How do we know what we know?”
Derived Forms
- eˌpisteˈmologist, noun
Other Words From
- e·pis·te·mo·log·i·cal [ih-pis-t, uh, -m, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
- e·piste·molo·gist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of epistemology1
Word History and Origins
Origin of epistemology1
Example Sentences
Instead, she began working in epistemology and neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while taking law classes in the evening.
Intelligence is always about what philosophers call epistemology — the study of how we know what we know.
Like “The Guest Lecture,” it uses a spectral theme to explore epistemology.
The plot involves an absurd vengeance scheme and a cast of zany characters while managing to explore epistemology, friendship, obscene wealth, ethics and the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The first one being that a pluralist epistemology is desirable.
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