epistêmê

A form of episteme — Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.

Meanings

nounepistêmê (plural epistêmês)

plural epistêmês

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of episteme.

    Truth — objective truth — was the function that permitted the discourse of this epistêmê to operate.

    1980, Proceedings of the International Comparative Literature Association Congress, volume 2, Kunst und Wissen, →ISBN, page 845, →ISBN
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