epistemic uncertainty

collocation in English

meaningsofepistemicanduncertainty

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epistemic
adjective
uk
/ˌep.ɪˈstiː.mɪk/us
/ˌep.əˈstiː.mɪk/
relating to knowledge or the study ...
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uncertainty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ʌnˈsɜː.tən.ti/us
/ʌnˈsɝː.tən.ti/
a situation in which something is not known, or something that is not known ...
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(Definition ofepistemicanduncertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mereepistemicuncertaintyis not the only application of the calculus of probability.
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First, consider plainepistemicuncertainty; there are good reasons for holding that, idealized as precise, "degree of closeness to certainty" has probabilistic structure.
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Or, at least, this is so, given that we exist with a certain amount ofepistemicuncertaintyas to the truth of theism.
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Epistemicism gets its name because it holds that there is no semantic indeterminacy present in vague terms, onlyepistemicuncertainty.
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As a result, induction can be used even in an open domain, one where there isepistemicuncertainty.
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Under the conditions of "epistemicuncertainty", children simply guess one of the possibilities.
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Thisepistemicuncertaintycorresponds to the incomplete knowledge one has of the processes that influence future events.
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Robinson and colleagues (2006) studied childrens interpretation of information in two different: physical andepistemicuncertainty.
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Beck and colleagues (2011) propose that this happens because it is much easier to imagine the outcome duringepistemicuncertainty, basically knowing that there is only one outcome.
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To evaluate epistemic uncertainties, the efforts are made to gain better knowledge of the system, process or mechanism.
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Uncertainty quantification intends to work toward reducing epistemic uncertainties to aleatoric uncertainties.
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