epistemology
/ɪˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.89 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy."
- "[P]hilosophers of the time [early 20th century] were primarily concerned with epistemology and the foundations of the sciences; they often spoke as if we were separated from the real world by a screen of "representations" or "sense-data"; they tended to regard our approach to the world as one of disinterested observation."
- "In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection."
- "I believe that 'intuitionism' is usually, and rightly, taken to mean Brouwer's epistemology of mathematics, which is unrelated to the origin or content of topos theory."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “science, knowledge”), from ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai, “to know”) + -λογία (-logía, “study or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, language”). The term was introduced into English by Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
- British English: /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/