episteme.
Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐπῐ́σταμαι (epĭ́stamai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē)bor. English episteme Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge”).
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