Episteme Definition
noun
(philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
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(specifically Foucaultian philosophy) 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.
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Other Word Forms of Episteme
Noun
Singular:
episteme
Plural:
epistemai, epistemesOrigin of Episteme
From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistēmē, “knowledge”).
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