EPISTEMOLOGY

[epis.te.mol.o.gy] n [Gk episteme knowledge, fr. epistanai to understand, know, fr. epi- + histanai to cause to stand--more at stand] (ca. 1856): the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge esp. with reference to its limits and validity -- epis.te.mo.log.i.cal adj -- epis.te.mo.log.i.cal.ly adv -- epis.te.mol.o.gist n