noun
- a person who studies or specializes in epistemology, the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge
Usage: academic/philosophical context
Examples
- The epistemologist examined how we can be certain that our senses provide accurate information about the world.
- As an epistemologist, Dr. Chen focuses on the question of what counts as justified belief.
- Many epistemologists debate whether knowledge requires certainty or merely justified true belief.
- The conference brought together epistemologists from universities across the country to discuss the foundations of knowledge.
- An epistemologist might ask: how do we know that scientific methods produce reliable knowledge?
- Her work as an epistemologist challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of truth and evidence.