Posted on 02/19/2018 6:42:33 AM PST by left that other site
• Definition of epistemology
: the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
— epistemological
play \i-ˌpi-stə-mə-ˈlä-ji-kəl\ adjective
— epistemologically
play \i-ˌpi-stə-mə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
— epistemologist
play \i-ˌpi-stə-ˈmä-lə-jist\ noun NEW! Time Traveler First Known Use: circa 1856
Recent Examples of epistemology from the Web
• Yet if authenticity and consistency are among Spayd’s virtues, her vices include obtuse logic, shoddy epistemology, and the sort of common-sense conventionalism that a public editor ought to be challenging rather than championing.
— will oremus, Slate Magazine, "How Liz Spayd is squandering the most important watchdog job in journalism.," 14 Apr. 2017
• Philosophers call the study of knowledge epistemology, and this approach to design is entirely epistemological.
— ian bogost, The Atlantic, "Why a Toaster Is a Design Triumph," 20 July 2017
• At what point did the Circle put a hiring freeze on anyone conversant with epistemology? Lampooning the simple-mindedness of utopian web clichés was arguably part of Mr. Eggers’s point, but much of that point is often muddled in the book.
— glenn kenny, New York Times, "Review: In ‘The Circle,’ Click Here if You Think You’re Being Watched," 27 Apr. 2017
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Origin and Etymology of epistemology
Greek epistēmē knowledge, from epistanai to understand, know, from epi- + histanai to cause to stand — more at stand
My Use of the Word, just a week ago on FR! :-)
Epistemoff everyday!................
Guy took a leak against a fence post out in the wilderness .. Learned a valuable lesson about electric fences when his epissedemologies backfired up stream.
! Long one, but a good poem.
Kids aren’t exactly noted for any epistemology:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3633537/posts
Thank You!
Indeed. The Laws of Physics always trump anyone’s epistemology!
I hear you.
“Sometimes I feel as though I am in The Twilight Zone.”
A while back I met someone who thought that the Xlintons are good people who have never engaged in the slightest wrongdoing.
I seriously contemplated a Twilight Zone explanation for that.
A perfect example of the word for the day!
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