n.
The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity.
[Greek epistēmē, knowledge (from epistasthai, epistē-, to understand : epi-, epi- + histasthai, middle voice of histanai, to place, determine) + -LOGY.]
epistemological e·pis'te·mo·log'i·cal (-mə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj.epistemologically e·pis'te·mo·log'i·cal·ly adv.
epistemologist e·pis'te·mol'o·gist n.
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