Associations to the word «Epistemological»

Wiktionary

EPISTEMOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
EPISTEMOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to knowing or cognizing, as a mental activity.
EPISTEMOLOGICAL TURN, noun. (philosophy) In the history of Western philosophy, the shift in philosophical attention from the classical and medieval focus on themes of metaphysics to a primary focus on themes and issues relating to human knowledge, usually considered to have occurred during the period from Descartes (1596-1650) through Kant (1724-1804).

Dictionary definition

EPISTEMOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or relating to epistemology; "epistemic modal".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky