episteme
Americannoun
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Philosophy. (in the works of 20th-century philosopher Foucault) the set of ideas and assumptions, often unconscious, that underlie and constrain what is accepted as knowledge in a particular period.
Technology or social revolution creates a new episteme that then shapes the nature of scientific and social enterprise.
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any organized or scientific system of knowledge based on a set of explicit principles; paradigm.
The project explores the formation and operation of the episteme of patent law as currently practiced by lawyers.
Etymology
Origin of episteme
First recorded in 1840–45; from Greek epistḗmē “knowledge”
Example Sentences
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In that closed episteme, dogma is a substitute for truth, evidence, intellectual honesty and rigorous thinking.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2021
Foucault calls this framework an episteme, from the Greek word for science or knowledge.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is episteme, which is connected with stasis, as mneme is with meno.
From Cratylus by Jowett, Benjamin
Among the Alexandrian writers alchemy was designated as e tes chrusou te kai argurou poieseos techne theia kai iera or e episteme iera.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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