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epistemicism

epistemicism noun: a philosophical position asserting that there are facts about the boundaries of a vague predicate (such as "is thin" or "is bald") which cannot be discovered.

Noun

epistemicism (uncountable)

  1. A philosophical position asserting that there are facts about the boundaries of a vague predicate (such as "is thin" or "is bald") which cannot be discovered.

Origin of epistemicism

From epistemic + -ism.

Questions about epistemicism

What does epistemicism mean?
Epistemicism means a philosophical position asserting that there are facts about the boundaries of a vague predicate (such as "is thin" or "is bald") which cannot be discovered.
What part of speech is epistemicism?
Epistemicism is a noun.

Words near epistemicism in the dictionary

  1. epistemic regime
  2. epistemic regimes
  3. epistemically
  4. epistemicide
  5. epistemicides
  6. epistemicism
  7. epistemicist
  8. epistemicists
  9. epistemicities
  10. epistemicity
  11. epistemics

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