Definition of "episteme" [episteme]

• Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism. (noun)
• Know-how; compare techne. (noun)
• The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch. (noun)

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• "How although we think we are original how much are lives and episteme is shaped by those around us and the media."
• "There is episteme, which is connected with stasis, as mneme is with meno."
• "That is, irrespective of what may predominate as an "episteme" at a certain civilizational epoch, the human constitution does not fundamentally change until man transits to superman."