epistemology
noun
a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
epistemologist
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a word derived from
epistemology.
Example Sentences
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A junior epistemologist, I was trafficking in Bishop Berkeley before I could drive.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2022
Better descriptions of how scientists actually work include what epistemologist Peter Lipton called in 1991 “inference to the best explanation”, or the search for the “loveliest” explanation7.
From Nature ● Jan. 22, 2018
Lane is a story-maker, a sort of historical epistemologist, and also an artist of taste and invention.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
Yesterday, as detractors elsewhere bloviated over Al Jazeera’s mythical terrorist ties, The Stream hosted famous epistemologist Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan.
From Time ● Jan. 5, 2013
At this point the epistemologist takes up the question of empirical knowledge and considers the kind of validity, if any, which it can possess.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
