different between ontic vs epistemic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?? (ón, “being, existing, essence”) (stem ???- (ónt-)) +? -ic.

Adjective

ontic (comparative more ontic, superlative most ontic)

1. Ontological.
2. Pertaining to being generally, as opposed to some theory of it (which would be ontology).

Derived terms

• ontically

Related terms

• ontological
• ontologist
• ontology

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Anagrams

• tonic

Romanian

Etymology

From French ontique.

Adjective

ontic m or n (feminine singular ontic?, masculine plural ontici, feminine and neuter plural ontice)

1. octic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] epist?mikós, from ???????? (epist?m?, “science, knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??stim?k/

Adjective

epistemic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to knowledge or cognition; cognitive.
   • 1981, Martin Warner, “Review of Metaphor and Thought by Andrew Ortony”, The Modern Language Review, vol. 76, no. 2, p. 428,

     Metaphors provide epistemic access to the world via the articulation of new ideas at a stage when literal language cannot cope.

   • Second, note the role of the respondent's epistemic state. It is a factor in determining the correct replies, but only when the propositum is irrelevant.
2. Of or relating to the metaknowledge and theory of knowledge (epistemology).
   • 2000, Timm Triplett, “Review of The Philosophy of Roderick M. Chisholm”, The Philosophical Review, vol. 109, no. 3, p. 452,

     Audi considers whether Chisholm might be able to incorporate into his epistemic system an internalist evidential grounding requirement.

Usage notes

Philosophers differentiate the meanings of epistemic and epistemological, where, broadly, epistemic means "relating to knowledge (itself)" and epistemological means "relating to the study or theory of various aspects of knowledge". Nonetheless, in general usage the terms epistemic crisis, epistemologic crisis, and epistemological crisis are synonymous, referring to a crisis of community members with an impaired level of shared perceptions of reality (an excessive level of disagreement on what is real or fake, that is, existing or illusory).

Derived terms

• epistemic crisis
• epistemic logic
• epistemic regime

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