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criteriology

criteriology noun: the study of the validity of reasoning and the criteria necessary to achieve knowledge.

Noun

criteriology (uncountable)

  1. The study of the validity of reasoning and the criteria necessary to achieve knowledge.
    • But it seems otherwise with reasoning as viewed by criteriology.1991, Ernest Sosa, Knowledge in Perspective: Selected Essays in Epistemology, →ISBN, page 129
    • According to Mercier, criteriology should demonstrate the fallacy of two forms of scepticism: one that casts doubts on each of the acts of the human reason and one that casts doubts on the very possibility of arriving at a knowledge of the truth.1996, Luciano Floridi, Scepticism Ant the Foundation of Epistemology, →ISBN

Origin of criteriology

From criterion + -ology.

Words formed from criteriology

Questions about criteriology

What does criteriology mean?
Criteriology means the study of the validity of reasoning and the criteria necessary to achieve knowledge.
What part of speech is criteriology?
Criteriology is a noun.

Words near criteriology in the dictionary

  1. criteriality
  2. criterias
  3. criteriologic
  4. criteriological
  5. criteriologically
  6. criteriology
  7. criterion
  8. criterion of embarrassment
  9. criterion of verifiability
  10. criterion of verification
  11. criterional

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