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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

/ ɪˌɪɪˈɒəɪ /

noun

  1. the theory of knowledge, esp the critical study of its validity, methods, and scope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

  • ˌ辱ٱˈDZDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·辱·ٱ··Dz·· [ih-pis-t, uh, -m, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
  • ·辱t·DZo· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of epistemology1

First recorded in 1855–60; from Greek 辱ḗm(ŧ) “knowledge” + -o- + -logy
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of epistemology1

C19: from Greek 辱ŧŧ knowledge
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Example Sentences

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

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Intelligence is always about what philosophers call epistemology — the study of how we know what we know.

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Like “The Guest Lecture,” it uses a spectral theme to explore epistemology.

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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.

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The first one being that a pluralist epistemology is desirable.

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