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Epistemological vs Existential - What's the difference?

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Epistemological is a related term of existential.


As adjectives the difference between epistemological and existential

is that epistemological is of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study while existential is of, or relating to existence.

epistemological

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
  • * 1898 , E. A. Read, "Review of Vergleich der dogmatischen Systeme von R. A. Lipsius und A. Ritschl''," ''The American Journal of Theology , vol. 2, no. 1, p. 190,
  • The epistemological position of Ritschl, in our author's exposition of it, is little more than idealistic rationalism.
  • * 1991 , Walt Wolfram, "The Linguistic Variable: Fact and Fantasy," American Speech , vol. 66, no. 1, p. 31,
  • My conclusion dovetails with Fasold's conclusion, which is based on a quite different, more epistemological kind of argument.
  • Of or pertaining to knowing or cognizing, as a mental activity.
  • * 1969 , Sandra B. Rosenthal, "The 'World' of C. I. Lewis," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , vol. 29, no. 4, p. 590,
  • The reality which thus emerges is the outcome of the epistemological process in which the mind conceptually structures a given content.

    Usage notes

    Many philosophers consider the standard sense of "epistemological" to be "of or pertaining to epistemology" and reserve the term "epistemic" for the sense "of or pertaining to knowing or cognizing."

    existential

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to existence.
  • Based on experience; empirical.
  • (philosophy) Of, or relating to existentialism.
  • (linguistics) That part of a sentence indicating existence e.g. "there is".
  • Antonyms

    * non-phenomenal * noumenal * non-metaphysical

    Derived terms

    * existentialism * existentialist * existential crisis * existential quantifier