English Dictionary

epistemology

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪˌpɪs.təˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(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?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.

日本語の意味

認識論（知識の本質や獲得方法、妥当性などを探求する哲学の一分野）

Her research in epistemology challenged traditional views about the sources of scientific knowledge.

彼女の知識論の研究は、科学的知識の源に関する従来の見解に挑戦した。

意味（1）

(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?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.

Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.

意味（2）

(countable) A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.

In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection.

epistemologies （ plural ）