epistemology

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epistemology — 名詞

1. the branch of philosophy that asks what counts as knowledge, how beliefs gain su

1.名詞C2
釋義

知識論

研究何者算知識的哲學分支

the branch of philosophy that asks what counts as knowledge, how beliefs gain support, and what people can truly know.

例句

In Professor Lin's class, Gabriela chose epistemology for her final paper.

在林教授的課上，Gabriela 選了知識論當期末報告主題。

choose epistemology for a paper

The lecture on epistemology asked how people can know a fact is true.

那場知識論講座問的是，人怎麼知道一件事是真的。

question pattern: know a fact is true

常見搭配
  • study epistemology
  • book on epistemology
  • epistemology class
  • questions in epistemology
同義詞
  • theory of knowledge

    a plain-English label for the same field, often used when explaining the term

  • study of knowledge

    a descriptive phrase rather than a fixed technical name

  • epistemics

    a more specialist term, often used in technical or formal discussion

文法句型

study epistemology

book on epistemology

questions in epistemology

用法筆記

Usually uncountable when naming the field itself, so people study epistemology rather than study an epistemology. In academic writing, a countable use can describe a particular theory of knowledge, such as a feminist epistemology.

常見錯誤

I am taking an epistemology this term.
I am taking an epistemology course this term.
epistemology names the field itself; the class is a course.

同根字

  • epistemic
    形容詞C2
  • epistemological
    形容詞C2
  • epistemically
    副詞C2
  • epistemologist
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • epistemology class
  • epistemology seminar
  • epistemology paper

常用片語

  • study epistemology
  • work in epistemology

介系詞搭配

  • on — a book on epistemology
  • in — questions in epistemology