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epistemological turns

epistemological turns is the plural of epistemological turn.

Meaning of epistemological turn

Noun

epistemological turn (plural epistemological turns)

  1. In the history of Western philosophy, the shift in philosophical attention from the classical and medieval focus on themes of metaphysics to a primary focus on themes and issues relating to human knowledge, usually considered to have occurred during the period from Descartes (1596-1650) through Kant (1724-1804).
    • The core of Kant's "epistemological turn" is the claim that the distinction between epistemic and ontological categories is an illusion.1967, Wilfrid Sellars, “Some Remarks on Kant's Theory of Experience”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 64, number 20, page 634

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What is epistemological turns the plural of?
Epistemological turns is the plural of epistemological turn.

Words near epistemological turns in the dictionary

  1. epistemolog
  2. epistemologic
  3. epistemological
  4. epistemological dualism
  5. epistemological turn
  6. epistemological turns
  7. epistemologically
  8. epistemologies
  9. epistemologist
  10. epistemologists
  11. epistemologs

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