English Explanatory Dictionary

epistemic crisis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A profound disruption in the shared frameworks for knowledge production, validation, and dissemination, where established epistemic regimes, methodologies, and concensus mechanisms fail, leading to widespread uncertainty regarding truth or reality.
  2. Any other crisis of epistemics or epistemology, such as a replication crisis.

Word forms

epistemic crisis epistemic crises
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