Epistemology

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epistemology noun

  1. The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity.
  2. The theory of cognition; that branch of logic which undertakes to explain how knowledge is possible. Probably first used by Ferrier.
  3. The theory or Science of the method or grounds of knowledge.