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epistemological
[ ih-pis-tuh-muh-loj-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- pertaining to epistemology, a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
epistemological
/ ɪˌpɪstɪməˈlɒdʒɪkəl /
adjective
- concerned with or arising from epistemology
- (of a philosophical problem) requiring an account of how knowledge of the given subject could be obtained
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Derived Forms
- eˌpistemoˈlogically, adverb
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Other Words From
- e·piste·mo·logi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epistemological1
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Example Sentences
The author who dug up that photo in Cooperstown appreciates the epistemological puzzle.
For years, the Republican Party has benefited from a base sealed in an epistemological bubble.
In its epistemological use, the term "knowledge" has a blanket value which is absolutely unknown in common life.
We also avoid the contradiction which haunts every epistemological scheme so far propounded.
This recognition frees logic from the epistemological discussion of secondary qualities.
In fine, logic is supposed to grow out of the epistemological inquiry and to lead up to its solution.
Idealism ceased to be metaphysical and cosmic in order to become epistemological and personal.
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