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Epistolary vs Epistemic - What's the difference?

epistolary | epistemic |

As adjectives the difference between epistolary and epistemic

is that epistolary is of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters while epistemic is of or relating to knowledge or cognition; cognitive.

As a noun epistolary

is a christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the new testament epistles.

epistolary

English

Noun

  • a Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters
  • carried on by written correspondence
  • in the manner of written correspondence
    • epistolary style
    an epistolary novel

    Related terms

    * epistle

    References

    epistemic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , year = 2008 , author = Paul Vincent Spade , title = Medieval Theories of Obligationes , site = Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , url = http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/obligationes/ , accessdate = 2012-07-15 }}
    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.
  • (rare) Of or relating to 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 usually differentiate the meanings of “epistemic” and “epistemological”. They generally use “epistemic” in the sense “of or relating to knowledge or cognition” and use “epistemological” in the sense “of or relating to epistemology”. [citation needed]

    Derived terms

    * epistemic logic * epistemically

    Related terms

    * epistemological