epistemology

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/|/əˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/    美 /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/|/əˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/|/ɛˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/|/iˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/|/ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi/|/eˌpɪstɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. uncountable
    — Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.
  2. A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge. countable
    — In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection.

词形变化

epistemologies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
epistemologic epistemological epistemologically epistemologist epistopic logico-epistemology metaepistemology ontoepistemology standpoint epistemology telepistemology
相关词
episteme epistemic epistemically epistemic crisis epistemic regime epistemics epistemonical

词源

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).
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