Epistemically

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an epistemic way, as:; In a way that pertains to knowledge and cognition.
  2. 2
    In an epistemic way, as:; In a way that pertains to metaknowledge and epistemology (awareness of the source, truth, and epistemologic grounding of knowledge). usually

    "We can say that a message, M, is epistemically defective if either it is false, inappropriate, or connected to other beliefs in ways that are inapt, misleading, or unwarranted."

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epistemologically

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"We can say that a message, M, is epistemically defective if either it is false, inappropriate, or connected to other beliefs in ways that are inapt, misleading, or unwarranted."

Etymology

From epistemic + -ally.

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