Definition of EPISTEME

episteme

Meanings

Plural: epistemai, epistemes

Noun

  • the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time
  • Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
  • know-how; compare techne.
  • The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge”).

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