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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats