What does epistemic mean?
Definitions for epistemic
ˌɛp əˈsti mɪk, -ˈstɛm ɪkepis·temic
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Princeton's WordNet
epistemic, epistemologicaladjective
of or relating to epistemology
"epistemic modal"
Wiktionary
epistemicadjective
Of or relating to knowledge or cognition; cognitive.
epistemicadjective
Of or relating to theory of knowledge (epistemology).
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epistemic
Epistemology ( (listen); from Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē) 'knowledge', and -logy), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics.Epistemologists study the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge, epistemic justification, the rationality of belief, and various related issues. Debates in epistemology are generally clustered around four core areas: The philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and the conditions required for a belief to constitute knowledge, such as truth and justification Potential sources of knowledge and justified belief, such as perception, reason, memory, and testimony The structure of a body of knowledge or justified belief, including whether all justified beliefs must be derived from justified foundational beliefs or whether justification requires only a coherent set of beliefs Philosophical skepticism, which questions the possibility of knowledge, and related problems, such as whether skepticism poses a threat to our ordinary knowledge claims and whether it is possible to refute skeptical argumentsIn these debates and others, epistemology aims to answer questions such as "What do we know?", "What does it mean to say that we know something?", "What makes justified beliefs justified?", and "How do we know that we know?".
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epistemic
Epistemic refers to anything related to knowledge or the degree of its validation. It's associated with the study of knowledge, evidence, justification, and the rationality of belief, often used in the field of philosophy, particularly in epistemology. The term is used to differentiate knowledge within a certain subject from opinion or belief.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of epistemic in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of epistemic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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