epistemology

n. 认识论 [医] 认识论

发音

UK /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
UK /əˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
US /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
US /əˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
US /ɛˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
US /iˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
AU /ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi/
AU /eˌpɪstɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi/

词形变化

epistemologies 复数 epistemologies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    知识论

    认识论

    不可数 可数

    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. 2.

    A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.

    理论

    可数 不可数

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

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

philosophy

下位词 1

methodology

相关短语

standpoint epistemology

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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