Associations to the word «Epistemology»

Wiktionary

EPISTEMOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?".
EPISTEMOLOGY, noun. (countable) A particular theory of knowledge.

Dictionary definition

EPISTEMOLOGY, noun. The philosophical theory of knowledge.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke