epistemé

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

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Meanings

nounepistemé (plural epistemés)

plural epistemés

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of episteme.

    Its epistemé was focused on the view that in every entity there are hidden forces which generate the very being, control the events, and give meaning to the universe as a unity […]

    1984, M.-L. van Herreweghe, Helsingin Yliopisto, Personalité, Education, Society: Proceedings of the VIII th World Congress of the World Association for Educational Research, Helsinki, Finland, August 2-6, 1982, page 201
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