epistemology

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: e=pis=te=mol=o=gy

CIDE DICTIONARY

epistemology, n. [Gr. knowledge + -logy.].

 The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

epistemology, n. the theory of knowledge, esp. with regard to its methods and validation.

Derivative

epistemological adj. epistemologically adv. epistemologist n.

THESAURUS

epistemology

aesthetics, axiology, casuistry, cosmology, ethics, first philosophy, gnosiology, logic, mental philosophy, metaphysics, moral philosophy, ontology, phenomenology, philosophastry, philosophic doctrine, philosophic system, philosophic theory, philosophical inquiry, philosophical speculation, philosophy, school of philosophy, school of thought, science of being, sophistry, theory of beauty, theory of knowledge, value theory