Epistemology
noun
The study of knowledge or how we understand things.
In philosophy, epistemology is a core area of study.
Often appears as...
- epistemological theory
- epistemological questions
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Academic
noun
The study of knowledge or how we understand things.
In philosophy, epistemology is a core area of study.
Often appears as...
- epistemological theory
- epistemological questions
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Philosophical Branch
Epistemology is a branch of philosophy, so it's commonly discussed in philosophical and academic texts.
Her thesis explores epistemology and its implications for artificial intelligence.
Pro Tip 2/3Understanding 'Knowledge'
'Epistemology' doesn't just mean knowledge; it's about the theory of how we know what we know.
The lecture on epistemology challenged our understanding of what counts as knowledge.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Everyday Use
The term is not used in everyday conversation, but in academic and intellectual discussions.
In our philosophy class, we often talk about epistemology and its various schools of thought.
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
And I talked with him about this and he said, "This is one of the oldest and most central problems in philosophy. It goes back to the Skeptics and up through Descartes. It's the issue of epistemology, the study of how do we know that something is true."
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Beware of nominalizations...
has been allowed to remain standing. At their best, nominalizations help us express complex ideas, perception, intelligence, epistemology. At their worst, they impede clear communication.
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
And I talked with him about this and he said, "This is one of the oldest and most central problems in philosophy. It goes back to the Skeptics and up through Descartes. It's the issue of epistemology, the study of how do we know that something is true."
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Beware of nominalizations...
has been allowed to remain standing. At their best, nominalizations help us express complex ideas, perception, intelligence, epistemology. At their worst, they impede clear communication.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Tanpinar presciently feared that to embrace the western conception of progress was to be mentally enslaved by a whole new epistemology, one that compartmentalised knowledge and concealed an instrumental view of human beings as no more than things to be manipulated.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
In science fiction, basic doubts featured prominently in the worlds of Philip K. Dick. I knew Phil for 25 years, and he was always getting onto me, a scientist. He was a great fan of quantum uncertainty, epistemology in science, the lot.
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Jean Piaget
Swiss Psychologist
Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher.
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Gregory Bateson
British Scientist
But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?
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Ken Goldberg
American Educator
Epistemology has always been affected by technologies like the telescope and the microscope, things that have created a radical shift in how we sense physical reality.
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Paul Ryan
American Politician
If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.
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Trevor Paglen
American Artist
I think of my visual work as an exploration of political epistemology: the politics of how we know what we think we know.
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Imre Lakatos
Hungarian Philosopher
The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
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Theodore Bikel
Austrian Actor
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Tanpinar presciently feared that to embrace the western conception of progress was to be mentally enslaved by a whole new epistemology, one that compartmentalised knowledge and concealed an instrumental view of human beings as no more than things to be manipulated.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
In science fiction, basic doubts featured prominently in the worlds of Philip K. Dick. I knew Phil for 25 years, and he was always getting onto me, a scientist. He was a great fan of quantum uncertainty, epistemology in science, the lot.
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Jean Piaget
Swiss Psychologist
Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher.
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Gregory Bateson
British Scientist
But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?
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Ken Goldberg
American Educator
Epistemology has always been affected by technologies like the telescope and the microscope, things that have created a radical shift in how we sense physical reality.
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Paul Ryan
American Politician
If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.
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Trevor Paglen
American Artist
I think of my visual work as an exploration of political epistemology: the politics of how we know what we think we know.
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Imre Lakatos
Hungarian Philosopher
The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
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Theodore Bikel
Austrian Actor
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology.
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