epistemic

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Recent Examples of epistemic The argument for epistemic vigilance There are two strands to the argument for epistemic vigilance. Big Think, 22 Mar. 2025 Populists question elites’ epistemic culture, which requires deference to experts. Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025 Brigette Lundy-Paine plays — in my interpretation, at least — a trans person haunted by their own self-awareness when so many people are still stuck in epistemic closets, capturing all the nuance of that pain. Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025 Populists question elites’ epistemic culture, which requires deference to experts. Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for epistemic
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Adjective
  • Advertisement No other cognitive behavioral conditioning occurs on this universal a scale.
    Dr. Rami Kaminski, Time, 18 June 2025
  • According to Krenn, a quality program aligns with where your child is developmentally and supports their cognitive and social-emotional growth.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Part of that brand was to label it a ‘spirit,’ blurring the psychological lines between an alcoholic beverage and a THC one.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Is our size a psychological influence in our lives like other markers such as race, class, cultural background and gender identity?
    Jane Smiley June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Without supervision or regulation, kids can easily stumble upon explicit material, including violent and extremist content, that can lead to mental distress, desensitization and a warped perception of the world around them.
    Richard Wistocki, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Paloma Wool Originating in Barcelona, Paloma Wool specializes in conscious garments and accessories to be worn as an art form, where getting dressed is not just a necessity, but an expression of oneself.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 24 June 2025
  • Much has been made about the conscious uncoupling of Devers and the Red Sox last Sunday.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal government deliberations.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 June 2025
  • Some of my favorite internal newsletters weren’t flashy at all.
    Luciana Cemerka, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • On the pages of National Review and, after 1966, on Firing Line, Buckley pioneered the do-your-own-research rhetorical style: whataboutism and verbal misdirections that often slipped into intellectual nihilism.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • Her wide-ranging symphony of essays on Black womanhood is a treat—incisive, intellectual, intimate, funny, and formally inventive.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025

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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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