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Meaning of epistemology | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C1
ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi

Definitions

  1. The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.
    uncountable
  2. A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.
    countable

Equivalents

العربية إبستمولوجيا نظرية المعرفة
Azərbaycanca epistemologiya
Беларуская эпістэмалогія
Български епистемология
বাংলা জ্ঞানতত্ত্ব
Bosanski epistemologija епистемологија
Català epistemologia
Čeština epistemologie
Cymraeg epistemeg epistemoleg
Dansk epistemologi erkendelsesteori
Deutsch Epistemologie Erkenntnistheorie
Ελληνικά επιστημολογία
Esperanto epistemologio sciteorio
Español epistemología gnoseología
Eesti epistemoloogia
Euskara epistemologia
فارسی معرفت‌شناسی
Suomi tietoteoria
Français épistémologie
Gaeilge eipistéimeolaíocht
Gàidhlig eipisteim-eòlas
Galego epistemoloxía
עברית אפיסטמולוגיה
हिन्दी ज्ञानमीमांसा
Hrvatski epistemologija епистемологија
Magyar episztemológia ismeretelmélet
Հայերեն իմացաբանություն
Íslenska þekkingarfræði
Italiano epistemologia
日本語 認識論
ქართული ეპისტემოლოგია
Қазақша таным теориясы эпистемология
한국어 인식론
Lietuvių epistemologija
Latviešu epistemoloģija
Malagasy epistemolojia
Македонски епистемологија
മലയാളം വിജ്ഞാനശാസ്ത്രം
Malti epistemoloġija
Nederlands epistemologie kennisleer kennistheorie
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਗਿਆਨਮੀਮਾਂਸਾ
Polski epistemologia gnoseologia teoria poznania
Português epistemologia
Română epistemologie
Русский эпистемология
Slovenčina epistemológia
Slovenščina epistemologija
Shqip epistemologji
Српски epistemologija епистемологија
Svenska epistemologi kunskapsteori
Kiswahili epistemolojia
தமிழ் அறிவாய்வியல்
తెలుగు జ్ఞానమీమాంస
ไทย ญาณวิทยา
Tagalog alaman dalub-alaman epistemolohiya
Türkçe bilgi kuramı epistemoloji
Українська епістемологія
اردو علمیات
Oʻzbekcha epistemologiya
Tiếng Việt nhận thức luận

Examples

“Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.”
“[P]hilosophers of the time [early 20th century] were primarily concerned with epistemology 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.”
“In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection.”
“I believe that 'intuitionism' is usually, and rightly, taken to mean Brouwer's epistemology of mathematics, which is unrelated to the origin or content of topos theory.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

epistemophilia episternum episterol epistigmastanol epistilbite Epistle

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