episteme

noun
/ˌɛp.ɪˈstiː.mi/UK/ˌɛp.əˈsti.mi/US/ˈɛp.ɪsˌtiːm/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge”).

  1. borrowed from ἐπιστήμη

Definitions

  1. Scientific knowledge

    Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.

  2. Know-how

    Know-how; compare techne.

  3. The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and…

    The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for episteme. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA