epistemology

Meaning

Noun

• 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?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.
• A particular theory of knowledge.

Related

Similar words

• epistemics

Origin

• From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη, from ἐπίσταμαι + -λογία, from λέγω. The term was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808-1864).