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epistemology

/ɛˌpɪstiːˈmɔlədʒi/ /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒlədʒi/ /iˌpɪstəˈmɑlədʒi/

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noun

Erkenntnistheorie

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?".

Examples :

"Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy."

Manche Denker vertreten die Ansicht, dass die Erkenntnistheorie, beginnend mit der Arbeit von Descartes, begann, die Metaphysik als das wichtigste Gebiet der Philosophie zu ersetzen.

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noun

Erkenntnistheorie

A particular theory of knowledge.

Examples :

"In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection."

In seiner Erkenntnistheorie behauptet Platon, dass unser Wissen über universelle Konzepte eine Art der Wiedererinnerung ist.

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