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
The pragmatizing epistemologist posits there a reality and a mind with ideas.
From Meaning of Truth by William James
