GRE Word List
EPISTEMOLOGIST
the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
The meaning of the word epistemologist is the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity.
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