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epistemology

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FromAncient Greekἐπιστήμη(epistḗmē,“science, knowledge”), fromἐπίσταμαι(epístamai,“I know”) +-λογία(-logía,“study or logic of”), fromλόγος(lógos,“speech, language”). The term was introduced into English by Scottish philosopherJames Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864).

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epistemology (countable anduncountable,pluralepistemologies)

  1. (uncountable) Thebranch ofphilosophydealing with thestudy ofknowledge; thetheory of knowledge,asking suchquestions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledgeacquired?", "What dopeopleknow?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it istrue?", and so on.
    Synonyms:epistemics,kenlore,metaknowledge
    Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes,epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.
    • 2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: The philosopher who fell for Hitler[print version: Hitler’s philosopher]”, inThe Daily Telegraph (Review section)‎[1], London, pageR10:
      [P]hilosophers of the time [early 20th century] were primarily concerned withepistemology and the foundations of the sciences; they often spoke as if we were separated from the real world by a screen of "representations" or "sense-data"; they tended to regard our approach to the world as one of disinterested observation.
  2. (countable) A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.
    In hisepistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection.
    • 1995,Colin McLarty, “Preface”, inElementary Categories, Elementary Toposes,→ISBN, page vii:
      I believe that 'intuitionism' is usually, and rightly, taken to mean Brouwer'sepistemology of mathematics, which is unrelated to the origin or content of topos theory.

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branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
particular theory of knowledge

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