Associations to the word «Episteme»
Noun
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Wiktionary
EPISTEME, noun. (philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
EPISTEME, noun. (specifically Ancient Greek philosophy) know-how; compare techne.
EPISTEME, noun. (specifically Foucaultian philosophy) The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.
EPISTÊMÊ, noun. Alternative spelling of episteme
EPISTEMÉ, noun. Alternative spelling of episteme
Dictionary definition
EPISTEME, noun. The body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.