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epistemology

/ɛˌpɪstiːˈmɔlədʒi/ /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒlədʒi/ /iˌpɪstəˈmɑlədʒi/

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noun

Epistemología

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."

Algunos pensadores sostienen que, comenzando con la obra de Descartes, la epistemología comenzó a reemplazar a la metafísica como el área más importante de la filosofía.

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noun

Epistemología

A particular theory of knowledge.

Examples :

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

En su epistemología, Platón sostiene que nuestro conocimiento de los conceptos universales es una especie de recuerdo.

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