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adjective
of or pertaining to knowledge or the conditions for acquiring it.
Related forms
ep·i·ste·mi·cal·ly, adverb
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Epistemic
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Much evidence, however, shows that reasoning often leads to epistemic distortions and poor decisions.
- If you're reading the piece in order to evaluate the epistemic practices of the authors, you're misreading it.
- Sadly, means-ends rationality and epistemic rationality are often at odds.
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World English Dictionary
| epistemic (ˌɛpɪˈstiːmɪk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to knowledge or epistemology |
| 2. | See also doxastic denoting the branch of modal logic that deals with the formalization of certain epistemological concepts, such as knowledge, certainty, and ignorance. |
| [C20: from Greek epistēmē knowledge] | |
| epis'temically | |
| —adv | |
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