epistemology.

The philosophical study of knowledge, justification and related limits or conditions.

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Words that belong together

• social epistemology
• epistemology of inquiry

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The discussion of epistemology examined what justified the claim.

Social epistemology considered how institutions affected access to knowledge.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: moderately common.