Associations to the word «Epistemological»

Wiktionary

EPISTEMOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
EPISTEMOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to knowing or cognizing, as a mental activity.
EPISTEMOLOGICAL TURN, noun. (philosophy) In the history of Western philosophy, the shift in philosophical attention from the classical and medieval focus on themes of metaphysics to a primary focus on themes and issues relating to human knowledge, usually considered to have occurred during the period from Descartes (1596-1650) through Kant (1724-1804).

Dictionary definition

EPISTEMOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or relating to epistemology; "epistemic modal".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King