"theory of knowledge," 1856, coined by Scottish philosopher James F. Ferrier (1808-1864) from Greek episteme "knowledge, acquaintance with (something), skill, experience," from Ion [..]

The study of the nature of knowledge.

Branch of philiosophy concerning the nature, origin and limitations of knowledge and justification of truth claims.

From the Greek episteme ("knowledge") and logos ("theory"), the branch of philosophy devoted to the theoretical study of the nature, methods, and validity of human knowledge, inclu [..]

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. It is concerned with the creation and spread of knowledge in a particular area and how knowledge is acquired and justified. Concepts such as truth and belief ar [..]

(Gk: episteme= knowledge; logos= word, reason) study of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods and validation.

A way of understanding and explaining how we know what we know. Each research methodology is underpinned by an epistemology that serves as a guiding philosophy and provides a concrete process of resea [..]

Epistemology is the theory of the nature of knowledge.

The philosophical study of knowledge.

(n) the philosophical theory of knowledge

Epistemology is the study of the origins, limits and validity of Knowledge.

Epistemology is basically just a more impressive term for ‘theory of knowledge’. Accordingly, it is used at most universities for philosophy courses that deal with ideas and thinking on the way we acq [..]

The study of how we know what we know, how creatures or groups of creatures, including humans, from families to cultures, societies and the global living system, think, and decide. It reveals the prem [..]

"1. The division of philosophy that investigates the nature and origin of knowledge. 2. A theory of the nature of knowledge."

The branch of philosophy that explores the nature of knowledge.

The study of knowledge, i.e., what it is, how it is acquired, and to what extent it can be known. This field is relevant to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary team science, as each scholarly discipline has its own epistemology that influences what questions are posed, what methods are used, and how scholars conduct their research. Building bri [..]

(uncountable) 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?", [..]

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the branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowing.