epistemology

1. (uncountable)The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.

   Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.

   Erkenntnistheorie, Epistemologie

   эпистемоло́гияepistemológija

   епістемоло́гіяepistemolóhija

2. (countable)A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.

   In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection.

   эпистемоло́гияepistemológija

   the philosophical theory of knowledge

1. The journal contains articles on epistemology as well.

   deDie Zeitschrift enthält auch Artikel zur Erkenntnistheorie. — al_ex_an_der

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2. Under the epistemology of your dream, you clearly see me.

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3. To understand fact and fiction, maybe you need to learn about epistemology.

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4. Epistemology is a branch of philosophy.

   ruЭпистемология - раздел философии. — marafon

   deDie Erkenntnistheorie ist ein Zweig der Philosophie. — Jens_Odo

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5. Genetic epistemology is an emerging field in psychology about the study of the origin of knowledge.

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