epistemological

comparative more epistemological · superlative most epistemological

1. human sciencesOf 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.

   1898, E. A. Read, “Review of Vergleich der dogmatischen Systeme von R. A. Lipsius und A. Ritschl”, in The American Journal of Theology, volume 2, number 1, page 190

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   In the period from Spinoza to the end of the 19th century, the reading of design into nature received such devastating attacks from naturalists to non-naturalists alike that there developed an epistemological neurosis which Von Baer aptly termed “teleophobia.”

   1952, D. Maurice Allan, “Towards a Natural Teleology”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 49, number 13, →DOI

   My conclusion dovetails with Fasold's conclusion, which is based on a quite different, more epistemological kind of argument.

   1991, Walt Wolfram, “The Linguistic Variable: Fact and Fantasy”, in American Speech, volume 66, number 1, page 31

   Synonyms: epistemic, epistemologic

2. human sciencesSynonym 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.

   1969, Sandra B. Rosenthal, “The 'World' of C. I. Lewis”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, volume 29, number 4, page 590

   Synonyms: epistemic