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epistemology

epis.te.mol.o.gy \-'ma:l-*-je-\ n [Gk episte-me- knowledge, fr. epistanai 
   to understand, know,]fr. epi- + histanai : the study or a theory of the 
   nature and grounds of knowledge esp. with r eference to its limits and 
   validity