epistemological problem

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epistemological
adjective
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/ɪˌpɪs.tə.məˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ɪˌpɪs.tə.məˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the part of philosophy that is about the study of how we ...
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problem
noun[C]
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/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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The second,epistemologicalproblemassociated with the empirical support for internalization seems much more difficult, at least at first sight.
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We view the issue of qualitative experience as anepistemologicalproblemof the ontological character of experience.
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Juvenile delinquents had to be constituted as anepistemologicalproblemin order to be dealt with as a social problem.
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In our view, the problem of what constitutes a trait is not completely disconnected from theepistemologicalproblemof how one identifies adaptation.
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So the critical realists solved theepistemologicalproblemby defining a unique kind of existent that is experienced, but that does not or may not actually exist.
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This is theepistemologicalproblemof the indeterminacy of data to theory.
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This underlies the basicepistemologicalproblemof establishing causal relationships.
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In this case, theepistemologicalproblemis dissolved by making a claim about the metaphysics of mind.
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I am confident that the methodological and epistemological problems can be overcome through a combination of ingenuity, flair and some inevitable compromises.
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They contributed in sharpening my view of epistemological problems and promoted a more distanced view of the sciences.
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Interestingly, he acknowledges the inherent epistemological problems of relying on tourists' voices as sources of evidence (pp. 23-4).
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Deming concluded that science came to dominate the world of knowledge honestly by solving its fundamentalepistemologicalproblem....
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He proposes that such a relationship be characterised in terms of similarity, which avoids the epistemological problems associated with the concept of 'truth'.
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In either case insoluble epistemological problems arise.
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Proponents of domain specificity argue that domain-general learning mechanisms are unable to overcome the epistemological problems facing learners in many domains, especially language.
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By this account, there are no metaphysical or epistemological problems special to mathematics.
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Its aim is to promote the progress of the mathematical, physical and natural sciences and the study of related epistemological problems.
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Hutchins argued that aboutness was to be preferred to subject because it removed some epistemological problems.
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