tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220942600926806832011-07-30T13:41:01.486-07:00Gangster Epistemologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364169731116499136noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622094260092680683.post-23599803051211056892010-01-26T21:13:00.000-08:002010-01-26T21:13:06.822-08:00<div id="dictionary"><br /><dl><dt class="highlight"><a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=epistemology">epistemology</a> <a class="dictionary" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=epistemology" title="Look up epistemology at Dictionary.com"><img alt="Look up epistemology at Dictionary.com" height="16" src="http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif" title="Look up epistemology at Dictionary.com" width="16" /></a></dt><dd class="highlight">"theory of knowledge," 1856, coined by Scot. philosopher James F. Ferrier (1808-64) from Gk. <span class="foreign">episteme</span> "knowledge," from Ionic Gk. <span class="foreign">epistasthai</span> "know how to do, understand," lit. "overstand," from <span class="foreign">epi-</span> "over, near" + <span class="foreign">histasthai</span> "to stand." The scientific (as opposed to philosophical) study of the roots and paths of knowledge is <span class="foreign">epistemics</span> (1969).</dd></dl></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/622094260092680683-2359980305121105689?l=gangsterepistemology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gangster Epistemologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364169731116499136noreply@blogger.com0