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epistemic crisis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
epis-temic cri-sis
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A profound disruption in the shared frameworks for knowledge production, validation, and dissemination, where established epistemic regimes, methodologies, and concensus mechanisms fail, leading to widespread uncertainty regarding truth or reality.

noun

Any other crisis of epistemics or epistemology, such as a replication crisis.

Inflected Forms

epistemic crises (plural)

Questions

What does epistemic crisis mean?
A profound disruption in the shared frameworks for knowledge production, validation, and dissemination, where established epistemic regimes, methodologies, and concensus mechanisms fail, leading to widespread uncertainty regarding truth or reality.

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