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epistemologist

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e·pis·te·mol·o·gy  (-pst-ml-j)
n.
The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity.
[Greek epistm, knowledge (from epistasthai, epist-, to understand : epi-, epi- + histasthai, middle voice of histanai, to place, determine; see st- in Indo-European roots) + -logy.]
e·piste·mo·logi·cal (-m-lj-kl) adj.
e·piste·mo·logi·cal·ly adv.
e·piste·molo·gist n.
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Noun1.epistemologist - a specialist in epistemology
philosopher - a specialist in philosophy


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Epistemologists have suggested that what and how we know are premised on assumptions of what we imagine our world and ourselves to be.
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That is no doubt what a rigorous epistemologist would say.
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