How to Use epistemology in a Sentence

epistemology

noun
  • Of course, people may also be weak-willed about starting to read about metaphysics, epistemology and ethics.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
  • For all her meditations on epistemology, Sophie reveals little about her day-to-day life.
    — Becca Rothfeld, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2020
  • And in this tribal epistemology, meaning surged and collapsed in waves of outrage and comedy and irrelevance.
    — Stephen Marche, Esquire, 7 Nov. 2016
  • Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the information gods, play at epistemology.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Descartes, Hume and Kant, tradition says, have rival views of knowledge and reality — epistemology and metaphysics.
    — Dave Anderson, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
  • These lineages of genius and generosity, our inheritances of these epistemologies and practices may soon become our only defense, our only offense, and our only wealth.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Never underestimate the value of gossip both as an informational tool and as an epistemology!
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This point is obvious for certain aptitudes, as the field of feminist epistemology in philosophy has emphasized.
    — WSJ, 22 Nov. 2018
  • Private lessons include deep dives into ancient philosophy, art and architecture, and the epistemology of the Greek language.
    — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2021
  • Philosophers call the study of knowledge epistemology, and this approach to design is entirely epistemological.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 20 July 2017
  • Aristotelian logic and epistemology meet their match in the Indian Nyāya school, and his ethical teachings have often been compared to those of the Confucians.
    — Peter Adamson, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2019
  • The Puritan minister Jonathan Edwards grappled with metaphysics and epistemology in his writings and sermons.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2021
  • That distinction between measurement and narrative is what defines your portfolio epistemology.
    — Barry Cousins, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • While McConaghy presents intelligent perspectives on the wisdom of rewilding, the book goes into deeper questions of epistemology.
    — Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2021
  • This broader epistemology would justify as reasonable many religious insights rejected by its primitive ancestor.
    — WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
  • An alternative conclusion—richer in possibilities, in my opinion—is that scientific thought in recent decades invites us to reject empiricism and to endorse a broader epistemology.
    — WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
  • For example, our ocularcentric epistemology—whereby visuals become tied to the cultural reality of events—can be closely linked to the rise of TV over radio as our de facto mass media channel.
    — Wired, 11 Aug. 2022
  • But unlike Disclosure or Airframe or—above all—State of Fear, his spate of latter-day thrill-eds, Sphere unpolemically inhabits this epistemology of doubt that colors so much of his work.
    — Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • The most acclaimed is regarding epistemology found in his 1979 masterpiece Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature.
    — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • The question is seldom raised, and the autobiographical remarks usually ignored, for traditional readings of Kant focus on his epistemology, or theory of knowledge.
    — Susan Neiman, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The Romanian director, whose wry fictional films are centered on language and epistemology, turns the camera on his own extended discussions with a longtime acquaintance, a low-level bureaucrat with idiosyncratic ideas about the rules of soccer.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Yet if authenticity and consistency are among Spayd’s virtues, her vices include obtuse logic, shoddy epistemology, and the sort of common-sense conventionalism that a public editor ought to be challenging rather than championing.
    — Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 14 Apr. 2017
  • And because documentary filmmaking has the time and the physicality of reporting built in, the aesthetics of documentary filmmaking are at the very heart of audiovisual epistemology, at the core of journalism, at the center of the era in politics.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2016
  • Her work engages with institutional critique, Indigenous epistemologies, and collaborative modes of curatorial practice.
    — María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
  • These include objectivity and the journalistic voice, networked journalism, participatory journalism, news sourcing, and epistemology.
    — Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026

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