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Meaning of epistemic crisis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A profound disruption in the shared frameworks for knowledge production, validation, and dissemination, where established epistemic regimes, methodologies, and concensus mechanisms fail, leading to widespread uncertainty regarding truth or reality.
  2. Any other crisis of epistemics or epistemology, such as a replication crisis.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

epistemic logic epistemic marker epistemic rationality epistemic regime epistemicide epistemicism

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