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Episteme
UK
/ˌɛpɪˈstiːm/
US
/ˌɛpɪˈstiːm/
Translation of "episteme" into Russian
episteme
Noun
UK
/ˌɛpɪˈstiːm/
US
/ˌɛpɪˈstiːm/
episteme
epistemes pl
The concept of episteme is crucial in understanding the historical development of knowledge.
Понятие эпистемы имеет решающее значение для понимания исторического развития знаний.
Definitions
episteme
Noun
UK
/ˌɛpɪˈstiːm/
US
/ˌɛpɪˈstiːm/
In Foucauldian philosophy, the underlying set of relations that defines the conditions of possibility for knowledge and discourse in a particular historical period.
According to Foucault, the classical episteme arranged living beings into a strict taxonomic hierarchy.
Any overarching framework of knowledge and assumptions that shapes how individuals perceive, categorize, and interpret reality.
The emerging environmental episteme emphasizes the interdependence of humans and the natural world.
Archaic, rare: knowledge; scientific understanding.
For Aristotle, geometry represented a pure form of episteme.