gnoseology
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English
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Etymology
From gnosis + -o- + logy. Cognates include German Gnoseologie, Bulgarian гносеология (gnoseologija), Czech gnoseologie, Finnish gnoseologia, French gnoséologie, Greek γνωσιολογία (gnosiología), Polish gnoseologia, Romanian gnoseologie, Russian гносеология (gnoseologija), Italian gnoseologia, Slovak gnozeológia, Spanish gnoseología, and Ukrainian гносеологія (hnoseolohija).
Noun
gnoseology (uncountable)
- (uncommon) The philosophical study of knowledge.
- (mention only) 1877, Charles Porterfield Krauth, A Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences:
- GNOSEOLOGY, GNOSOLOGY, GNOSTOLOGY, in Metaphysics, doctrine or system of cognition; theory of knowledge; used by Stirling to render Wissenschaftslehre (Fichte's).
- (mention only) 1892, Johann Eduard Erdmann, A History of Philosophy:
- Like Wolff, he makes the theory of knowledge precede both speculative and practical philosophy, the former of which embraces metaphysics, although, just as Wolff did, he often hesitates whether this theory ought not to be combined with psychology. He applies to it the name "gnoseology."
- Synonym: (common) epistemology
- (mention only) 1877, Charles Porterfield Krauth, A Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences:
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Translations
scientific or philosophical study of knowledge
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Further reading
- “gnoseology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “gnoseology”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “gnoseology”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “gnoseology”, in Wordnik.
- “gnoseology”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- gnoseology, gnosiology at Google Ngram Viewer
- gnoseology, gnosiology, gnosology at Google Ngram Viewer
- (gnoseology*500),epistemology at Google Ngram Viewer
- Gnoseology, encyclopedia.com