epistemology

Engleski

Etymology

From Antički Grčki ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “science, knowledge”), from ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai, “I know”) + -λογία (-logía, “discourse”), from λέγω (légō, “I speak”). The term was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808-1864).

Pronunciation

(UK) MFA^(ključ): /ɪˌpɪs.təˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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(US) MFA^(ključ): /ɪˌpɪs.təˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /əˌpɪs.təˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /ɛˌpɪs.təˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /iˌpɪs.təˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
- Audio (US) (file)
(AUS) MFA^(ključ): /ɛˌpɪs.tiˈmɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Noun

epistemology (countable and uncountable, plural epistemologies)

(uncountable) 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?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.
Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.
- 2014 april 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1], London, strana R10:
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Sinonims: metaknowledge, epistemics, kenlore
(countable) A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.
In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection.
- 1995, Colin McLarty, “Preface”, in Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes, →ISBN, strana vii:
  
  I believe that 'intuitionism' is usually, and rightly, taken to mean Brouwer's epistemology of mathematics, which is unrelated to the origin or content of topos theory.

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Translations

branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge

Afrikaans: epistemologie, kennisleer, kennisteorie
Albanian: epistemologji f
Arabic: إِبِسْتِمُولُوجِيَّا‎ f (ʾibistimolojiyyā), نَظَرِيَّةْ اَلمَعْرِفَة‎ f (naẓariyyat al-maʿrifa)
Aragonese: epistemolochía f
Armenian: իմացաբանություն (hy) (imacʿabanutʿyun)
Asturian: epistemoloxía f
Azerbaijani: epistemologiya
Bashkir: эpistemologiя (epistemologiya)
Basque: epistemologia (eu)
Bavarian: Epistemologie f
Belarusian: эpіstэmalógія f (epistemalóhija)
Bengali: জ্ঞানতত্ত্ব (ggantôtt)
Breton: epistemologiezh f
Bulgarian: epistemologiя f (epistemologija)
Burmese: အက်ပီစတမ်မိုလော်ဂျီ (akpica.tammuilaugyi)
Catalan: epistemologia (ca) f
Cebuano: epistemolohiya
Chechen: эpistemologiя (epistemologija)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 知識論／知识论, 知识论 (zi¹ sik¹ lun⁶), 認識論／认识论, 认识论 (jing⁶ sik¹ lun⁶)

Mandarin: 知識論／知识论 (zh), 知识论 (zh) (zhīshilùn, zhīshìlùn), 認識論／认识论 (zh), 认识论 (zh) (rènshilùn, rènshìlùn)

Min Nan: 知識論／知识论 (tì-sek-lūn), 認識論／认识论 (jīn-sek-lūn)
Czech: epistemologie (cs) f
Danish: epistemologi c, erkendelsesteori c
Dutch: kennistheorie (nl) f, epistemologie (nl) f, kennisleer (nl) f
Esperanto: sciteorio, epistemologio
Estonian: epistemoloogia
Finnish: tietoteoria (fi)
French: épistémologie (fr) f
Galician: epistemoloxía (gl) f
Georgian: ეპისტემოლოგია (ka) (eṗisṭemologia)
German: Erkenntnistheorie (de) f, Epistemologie (de) f
Alemannic German: Epistemologii f, Erkenntnistheorii f
Greek: επιστημολογία (el) (epistimología)
Gujarati: જ્ઞાનમીમાંસા f (jñānmīmā̃sā)
Hebrew: אֶפִּיסְטֵמוֹלוֹגְיָה‎ (he) f (epistemológya)
Hindi: ज्ञानमीमांसा f (gyānmīmānsā)
Hungarian: episztemológia (hu), ismeretelmélet (hu)
Icelandic: þekkingarfræði f
Ido: epistemologio (io)
Ilocano: epistomolohia
Indonesian: epistemologi (id)
Interlingua: epistemologia
Irish: eipistéimeolaíocht f
Italian: epistemologia (it) f
Jamaican Creole: epistemalaji
Japanese: 認識論 (にんしきろん, ninshikiron)
Javanese: épistémologi
Kabiyé: epistemolozii
Kannada: ಜ್ಞಾನಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ (jñānamīmāṃse)
Kazakh: эpistemologiя (épistemologiä), tanыm teoriяsы (tanym teoriäsy)
Khmer: ជ្ញានវិទ្យា (cɲean vityie)
Korean: 인식론(認識論) (ko) (insingnon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: zanînzanî (ku) f, epîstemolojî f
Kyrgyz: эpistemologiя (ky) (epistemologiya)
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Lao: ຍານວິທະຍາ (nyān wi tha nyā)
Latin: epistemologia f
Latvian: epistemoloģija f
Limburgish: epistemologie f, kènnistheorie f
Lithuanian: epistemologija f
Low German:
German Low German: Epistemologie f, Kennistheorie f
Luxembourgish: Epistemologie f
Macedonian: epistemologija f (epistemologija)
Malagasy: epistemolojia (mg)
Malay: epistemologi
Malayalam: വിജ്ഞാനശാസ്ത്രം (vijñānaśāstraṃ)
Maltese: epistemoloġija f
Manx: epistemoaylleeaght f
Mirandese: eipistemologie f
Nepali: प्रमाणशास्त्र (pramāṇaśāstra)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: epistemologi (no) m, vitenskapsteori m, erkjennelsesteori m

Nynorsk: epistemologi m, erkjenningsteori m
Occitan: epistemologia f
Oromo: ippistimooloojii
Persian: معرفت‌شناسی‎ (ma'refat-šenâsi)
Piedmontese: epistemologìa f
Polish: epistemologia (pl) f, gnoseologia (pl) f, teoria poznania f
Portuguese: epistemologia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਗਿਆਨਮੀਮਾਂਸਾ f (giānamīmānsā)
Romanian: epistemologie (ro) f
Russian: эpistemológiя (ru) f (epistemológija)
Saterland Frisian: Epistemologie f
Scottish Gaelic: eipisteim-eòlas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: epistemològija f

Roman: epistemològija (sh) f
Sicilian: epistemoluggìa f
Slovak: epistemológia f
Slovene: epistemologija f
Spanish: gnoseología (es) f, epistemología (es) f
Swahili: epistemolojia class 9/10
Swedish: kunskapsteori c, epistemologi (sv) c
Tagalog: alaman, dalub-alaman, epistemolohiya
Tajik: эpistemologiя (epistemologiya)
Tamil: அறிவாய்வியல் (aṟivāyviyal)
Telugu: జ్ఞానమీమాంస (jñānamīmāṃsa)
Thai: ญาณวิทยา (th)
Turkish: epistemoloji (tr), bilgi kuramı (tr)
Ukrainian: epіstemológія f (epistemolóhija)
Urdu: علمیات‎ f ('ilmiyāt)
Uzbek:
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Roman: epistemologiya
Vietnamese: nhận thức luận (vi) (認識論)
Võro: epistemoloogia, tiidmisteooria
Waray-Waray: epistemolohiya
Welsh: epistemoleg f, epistemeg f
Yakut: эpistemologiя (epistemologiya)
Yiddish: עפּיסטעמאָלאָגיע‎ f (epistemologye)

particular theory of knowledge

Chinese:
Mandarin: 理論／理论 (zh), 理论 (zh) (lǐlùn)
Czech: epistemologie (cs) f
Finnish: tietoteoria (fi)
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Irish: eipistéimeolaíocht f
Khmer: ទ្រឹស្ដីញាណ (trɨhsdəy ɲien)
Portuguese: epistemologia (pt) f
Russian: эpistemológiя (ru) f (epistemológija)