Fundamental vs Epistemological - What's the difference?
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A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
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* 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,
* 1991 , Walt Wolfram, "The Linguistic Variable: Fact and Fantasy," American Speech , vol. 66, no. 1, p. 31,
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,
Fundamental is a related term of epistemological.
As adjectives the difference between fundamental and epistemological
is that fundamental is pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation hence: essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary while epistemological is of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.As a noun fundamental
is a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.fundamental
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}
Derived terms
* fundamentalism * fundamentalist * fundamentality * fundamentally * fundamentalness * fundamental analysisSynonyms
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* * ----epistemological
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The epistemological position of Ritschl, in our author's exposition of it, is little more than idealistic rationalism.
- My conclusion dovetails with Fasold's conclusion, which is based on a quite different, more epistemological kind of argument.
- The reality which thus emerges is the outcome of the epistemological process in which the mind conceptually structures a given content.