episteme

1. Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
2. (Ancient-Greek, specifically) know-how; compare techne.
3. 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛp.ɪˈstiː.mi/

Etymology

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

Translations

épistémè

Erkenntnis

Wissen

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