epistemology
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e·pis·te·mol·o·gy
(ĕ-pis'tĕ-mol'ŏ-jē),The study of knowledge and rules of evidence involved. Traditionally a branch of philosophy, it also describes a discipline incorporated in, and in some respects peculiar to, individual fields of scholarship (medicine, science, history, etc.).
epistemology
The theory, study of, and basis for knowledge; that which investigates the origin, nature, methods, validity and limits of human knowledge.epistemology (
·pisˈ·t·mäˑ·l·jē),
·pisˈ·tn that branch of philosophy that scrutinizes the nature, foundations, and limits of knowledge.