epistemological

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˌpɪstəməˈlɑd͡ʒəkəl/ UK /ɪˌpɪstəməˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

adj
Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.

The epistemological position of Ritschl, in our author's exposition of it, is little more than idealistic rationalism.
2

adj
Synonym of epistemic (“of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired”).

The reality which thus emerges is the outcome of the epistemological process in which the mind conceptually structures a given content.
3

adj
of or relating to epistemology

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Synonyms

1 adj · of or pertaining to... epistemicepistemologic

2 adj · synonym of epistemic (“of... epistemic

3 adj · of or relating to epistemology epistemic

Word family

Forms epistemologically

Derived forms nonepistemologicalpostepistemological

Related forms epistemeepistemicepistemicallyepistemicsepistemologicallyepistemologistepistemologyepistemonical

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Phrases (1)

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epistemological dualism
the view that the mind knows external objects through its own ideas or representations of them

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From epistemology + -ical.

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