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epistemology

[ ih-pis-tuh-mol-uh-jee ]

noun

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


epistemology

/ ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the theory of knowledge, esp the critical study of its validity, methods, and scope
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epistemology

  1. The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of knowledge. Epistemology asks the question “How do we know what we know?”
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Derived Forms

  • eˌpisteˈmologist, noun
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Other Words From

  • e·pis·te·mo·log·i·cal [ih-pis-t, uh, -m, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
  • e·piste·molo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epistemology1

First recorded in 1855–60; from Greek epistḗm(ē) “knowledge” + -o- + -logy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epistemology1

C19: from Greek epistēmē knowledge
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Example Sentences

Instead, she began working in epistemology and neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while taking law classes in the evening.

From BBC

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.

From Salon

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