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epistemology

The correct spelling is epistemology.

How to pronounce epistemology

/ɛˌpɪstiːˈmɔlədʒi/
noun

IPA: /ɛˌpɪstiːˈmɔlədʒi/

Say it like: Epi-ste-mol-ojee

The correct spelling is epistemology. The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people k… For example: "Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy."

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

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

Definition

noun

  1. 1.The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; 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?".
  2. 2.A particular theory of knowledge.

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