epistemology

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/, /əˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/, /əˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/, /ɛˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/, /iˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi/, /eˌpɪstɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi/ Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi === Noun === epistemology (countable and uncountable, plural epistemologies) (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. Synonyms: epistemics, kenlore, metaknowledge (countable) A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === epistemology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “epistemology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “epistemology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “epistemology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.