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epistemology
[ ih-pis-tuh-mol-uh-jee ]
noun
- a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
epistemology
/ ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɒlədʒɪ /
noun
- the theory of knowledge, esp the critical study of its validity, methods, and scope
epistemology
- The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of knowledge. Epistemology asks the question “How do we know what we know?”
Derived Forms
- eˌpisteˈmologist, noun
Other Words From
- e·pis·te·mo·log·i·cal [ih-pis-t, uh, -m, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
- e·piste·molo·gist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of epistemology1
Word History and Origins
Origin of epistemology1
Example Sentences
Thomas Krendl Gilbert is a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell Tech and received an interdisciplinary PhD in machine ethics and epistemology at UC Berkeley.
After some time at the University of Heidelberg, where he became interested in philosophy, epistemology and the foundations of geometry, in 1871 he was awarded the physics chair at the University of Berlin.
Working on my thesis proposal, on the impact of simulations on epistemology in scientific fields, where controlled experiments are impossible, I began to delve into the history of computation and simulations.
He may never have heard the word epistemology, but his theory of knowledge is essentially the same as Platos.
This suggests that a strictly monistic epistemology, whether idealistic or realistic, does not get rid of the problem.
It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to draw a hard and fast line between epistemology and other branches of philosophy.
Moral philosophy was the center of his teaching, and epistemology was only instrumental.
But there is another side of the problem which is, perhaps, of more importance and which epistemology generally overlooks.
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