epistemology

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From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “science, knowledge”), from ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai, “to know”) + -λογία (-logía, “study or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, language”). The term was introduced into English by Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864).

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Afrikaans: kennisleer — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Afrikaans: kennisteorie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Albanian: epistemologji — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Arabic: إِبِسْتِمُولُوجِيَّا (ʔibistimolojiyyā) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Arabic: نَظَرِيَّةْ اَلمَعْرِفَة (naẓariyyat al-maʕrifa) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Aragonese: epistemolochía — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Armenian: իմացաբանություն (imacʻabanutʻyun) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Asturian: epistemoloxía — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Azerbaijani: epistemologiya — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Bashkir: эпистемология (epistemologiya) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Basque: epistemologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Belarusian: эпістэмало́гія (epistemalóhija) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Bengali: জ্ঞানতত্ত্ব (gênototto) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Breton: epistemologiezh — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Bulgarian: епистемология (epistemologija) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Burmese: အက်ပီစတမ်မိုလော်ဂျီ (akpica.tammuilaugyi) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Catalan: epistemologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Cebuano: epistemolohiya — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Chechen: эпистемология (epistemologija) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Chinese Cantonese: 知識論 /知识论 (zi1 sik1 lun6) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Chinese Cantonese: 認識論 /认识论 (jing6 sik1 lun6) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Chinese: 知識論 /知识论 (tì-sek-lūn) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Chinese: 認識論 /认识论 (jīn-sek-lūn) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 知識論 /知识论 (zhīshilùn, zhīshìlùn) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 認識論 /认识论 (rènshilùn, rènshìlùn) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Czech: epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Danish: epistemologi — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Danish: erkendelsesteori — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Dutch: kennistheorie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Dutch: epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Dutch: kennisleer — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Esperanto: sciteorio — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Esperanto: epistemologio — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Estonian: epistemoloogia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Finnish: tietoteoria — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• French: épistémologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Saterland Frisian: Epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Galician: epistemoloxía — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Georgian: ეპისტემოლოგია (eṗisṭemologia) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• German: Erkenntnistheorie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• German: Epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• German: Epistemologii — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• German: Erkenntnistheorii — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Bavarian German: Epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Greek: επιστημολογία (epistimología) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Gujarati: જ્ઞાનમીમાંસા (jñānmīmā̃sā) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Hebrew: אֶפִּיסְטֵמוֹלוֹגְיָה (epistemológya) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Hindi: ज्ञानमीमांसा (jñānmīmānsā) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Hungarian: episztemológia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Hungarian: ismeretelmélet — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Icelandic: þekkingarfræði — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Ido: epistemologio — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Ilocano: epistomolohia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Indonesian: epistemologi — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Interlingua: epistemologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Irish: eipistéimeolaíocht — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Italian: epistemologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Jamaican Creole: epistemalaji — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Japanese: 認識論 (ninshikiron) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Javanese: épistémologi — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Kabiye: epistemolozii — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Kannada: ಜ್ಞಾನಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ (jñānamīmāṃse) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Kazakh: эпистемология (épistemologiä) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Kazakh: таным теориясы (tanym teoriäsy) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Khmer: ជ្ញានវិទ្យា (cɲean vityie) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Korean: 인식론 (insingnon) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Northern Kurdish: zanînzanî — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Northern Kurdish: epîstemolojî — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Kyrgyz: эпистемология (epistemologiya) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Lao: ຍານວິທະຍາ (nyān wi tha nyā) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Latin: epistemologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Latvian: epistemoloģija — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Limburgish: epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Limburgish: kènnistheorie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Lithuanian: epistemologija — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Low German: Epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Low German: Kennistheorie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Luxembourgish: Epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Macedonian: епистемологија (epistemologija) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Malagasy: epistemolojia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Malay: epistemologi — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Malayalam: വിജ്ഞാനശാസ്ത്രം (vijñānaśāstraṁ) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Maltese: epistemoloġija — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Manx: epistemoaylleeaght — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Mirandese: eipistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Nepali: प्रमाणशास्त्र (pramāṇaśāstra) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Norwegian Bokmål: epistemologi — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Norwegian Bokmål: vitenskapsteori — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Norwegian Bokmål: erkjennelsesteori — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: epistemologi — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: erkjenningsteori — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Occitan: epistemologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Oromo: ippistimooloojii — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Persian: معرفتشناسی (ma'refat-šenâsi) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Piedmontese: epistemologìa — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Polish: epistemologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Polish: gnoseologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Polish: teoria poznania — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Portuguese: epistemologia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Punjabi: ਗਿਆਨਮੀਮਾਂਸਾ (giānamīmānsā) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Romanian: epistemologie — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Russian: эпистемоло́гия (epistemológija) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Scottish Gaelic: eipisteim-eòlas — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Serbo-Croatian: епистемоло̀гија — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Serbo-Croatian: epistemològija — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Sicilian: epistemoluggìa — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Slovak: epistemológia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Slovene: epistemologija — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Spanish: gnoseología — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Spanish: epistemología — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Swahili: epistemolojia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Swedish: kunskapsteori — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Swedish: epistemologi — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Tagalog: alaman — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Tagalog: dalub-alaman — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Tagalog: epistemolohiya — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Tajik: эпистемология (epistemologiya) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Tamil: அறிவாய்வியல் (aṟivāyviyal) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Telugu: జ్ఞానమీమాంస (jñānamīmāṁsa) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Thai: ญาณวิทยา (yaa-ná-wít-tá-yaa) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Turkish: epistemoloji — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Turkish: bilgi kuramı — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Ukrainian: епістемоло́гія (epistemolóhija) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Urdu: علمیات ('ilmiyāt) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Uzbek: эпистемология (epistemologiya) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Uzbek: epistemologiya — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Vietnamese: nhận thức luận — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Võro: epistemoloogia — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Võro: tiidmisteooria — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Waray-Waray: epistemolohiya — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Welsh: epistemoleg — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Welsh: epistemeg — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Yakut: эпистемология (epistemologiya) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Yiddish: עפּיסטעמאָלאָגיע (epistemologye) — branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 理論 /理论 (lǐlùn) — particular theory of knowledge
• Czech: epistemologie — particular theory of knowledge
• Finnish: tietoteoria — particular theory of knowledge
• Irish: eipistéimeolaíocht — particular theory of knowledge
• Khmer: ទ្រឹស្ដីញាណ (trɨhsdəy ɲien) — particular theory of knowledge
• Portuguese: epistemologia — particular theory of knowledge
• Russian: эпистемоло́гия (epistemológija) — particular theory of knowledge