epistemically

Adverb

Meaning

In an epistemic way, as:
In a way that pertains to knowledge and cognition.

(usually, more specifically) In a way that pertains to metaknowledge and epistemology (awareness of the source, truth, and epistemologic grounding of knowledge).

Synonym: epistemologically

Examples

We live in a world that is subjectively open. And we are designed by evolution to be "informavores," epistemically hungry seekers of information, in an endless quest to improve our purchase on the world. Daniel Dennett

According to foundationalism, a belief is epistemically justified only if it is justified by properly basic beliefs. Source: Internet

False statements, bad arguments, immoral commands as well as inapt metaphors (and other literary tropes ) are the sorts of things that are epistemically defective.. Source: Internet

Moreover, a similar account can be given (and an elaborate version of this has been given by Alvin Plantinga) for such notions as 'warranted belief' or 'epistemically rational belief'. Source: Internet

Schlesinger believes that the intuitive reaction to these two scenarios is epistemically justified. Source: Internet

The schools of Hinduism which consider it epistemically valid suggest that a human being needs to know numerous facts, and with the limited time and energy available, he can learn only a fraction of those facts and truths directly. Source: Internet

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