epistemic

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Recent Examples of epistemic The interrogations of Laurence delve deep into her childhood, her family, her life in Paris, her academic ambitions, her relationship with the father of her child (an older and married white man), and her own epistemic relationship to the killing (including in relation to her Senegalese heritage). Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022 The more obvious pattern uniting the likes of Covid denialist Alex Berenson, anti-vaccine advocate and Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and election-denying Gateway Pundit publisher Jim Hoft is their epistemic closure. Rob Pegoraro, The New Republic, 7 July 2023 As Nguyen notes in this essay, two things are needed for cult thinking to bloom — epistemic bubbles combined with echo chambers — and social media has it in spades. Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 9 Mar. 2022 Some of us write about epistemic relativism, the view that truth can vary depending on the context. Kathleen Higgins, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2016 See all Example Sentences for epistemic 
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Adjective
  • One of the bottlers is also piloting Blue Yonder’s cognitive demand planning capabilities.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • With sleep disorders affecting approximately 70 million Americans and poor sleep linked to serious health risks like heart disease, stroke and cognitive decline, the Tone Buds represent a significant advancement in personal sleep technology.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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  • Of that total, universities spent a bit more than $3.6 billion on social science research and $1.6 billion on psychological research.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • On The Western Front, German director Edward Berger heads to the casinos of Macau for this psychological thriller starring Colin Farrell as a high-stakes gambler who decides to lay low in the peninsular when past lies and debts catch up with him.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
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  • Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.
    oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.
    María Inés Taracena, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • As an immigrant teen trying to assimilate when his family moved to New York, Stan badly wanted to fit in, but was deeply conscious of his ‘otherness’.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
  • His office said Netanyahu, 75, was in good condition and fully conscious after the conclusion of his prostate surgery.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
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  • The strong gravitational magnification enabled astronomers to detect faint background sources and study their internal structures, which can lead to identifying individual stars in distant galaxies, according to the paper.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • European Union rattled again Years after financial crisis drove a wedge in the European bloc, and nearly five years after Brexit, the European Union is facing a new sign of internal discord: The 27-member bloc has been a stalwart supporter of Ukraine, but unity is fraying.
    Philipp Jenne and Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • Consider it everyday activism anchored in acknowledgement, self-preservation and edifying intellectual steers.
    Katie Baron, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • During those days, the country’s intellectual and scientific communities were largely based on the East Coast while California remained the Wild West as far as some were concerned.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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