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# Word of the day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-1461/
- Published: 2019-05-25T18:15:09.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-22T21:16:38.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

The word for today is…

epistemological (noun) – The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/epistemological?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : “Theory of knowledge,” 1856, coined by Scottish philosopher James F. Ferrier (1808-1864) from Greek episteme “knowledge, acquaintance with (something), skill, experience,” from Ionic Greek epistasthai “know how to do, understand,” literally “overstand,” from epi “over, near” + histasthai “to stand,” from PIE root \*sta- “to stand, make or be firm.” The scientific (as opposed to philosophical) study of the roots and paths of knowledge is epistemics (1969).