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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