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epistemologically

epistemologically adverb: in a manner that pertains to epistemology.

Adverb

epistemologically (comparative more epistemologically, superlative most epistemologically)

  1. In a manner that pertains to epistemology.
    • The more epistemologically interesting cases are those in which expertise is involved.1985, John Hardwig, “Epistemic Dependence”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 82, number 7, page 337
  2. (broadly) In a manner that pertains to knowledge or cognition.
    • It has been argued that because an object is epistemologically dependent on an observer, it is also physically dependent on that observer.1949, Edith Watson Schipper, “Independence: Epistemological and Physical”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 46, number 4, page 101
    Synonyms:
    epistemically

Synonyms of epistemologically

Forms of epistemologically

comparativemore epistemologically
superlativemost epistemologically

Origin of epistemologically

From epistemological + -ly.

Questions about epistemologically

What does epistemologically mean?
Epistemologically means in a manner that pertains to epistemology.
What part of speech is epistemologically?
Epistemologically is an adverb.

Words near epistemologically in the dictionary

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

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