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
  • About one-third of student inputs reflected more advanced cognitive complexity, and 20% of all inputs were at levels consistent with higher-order critical thinking.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • However, Trump has frequently suggested that some of Biden’s actions are invalid because his aides were usurping presidential authority to cover up what Trump claims is Biden’s cognitive decline.
    Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Jones was sentenced to five years of probation, one year of psychological counseling and two years of drug and alcohol abuse counseling.
    Stephanie Guerilus, People.com, 8 June 2025
  • Inter were on for a treble until late April and the accumulation of fatigue, psychological baggage and Paris Saint-Germain putting in a historic display left a bad impression of a team that remains, for many, the best in Italy, regardless of Napoli’s domestic league title.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 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
  • Alonso was conscious of this when speaking on Thursday in Spain.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • Yet their follow-up film, Bring Her Back, feels like a conscious swerve away from those roots.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Veterans were unable to successfully mobilize to advocate for the pensions, given their small numbers and internal divisions between more privileged officers and less privileged soldiers.
    Jamie Rowen, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
  • The Dodgers will return serve with internal success stories based mostly on changeups and splitters in Tony Gonsolin, Knack and Yamamoto.
    Eno Sarris, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Amodei's warning about AI's acceleration on intellectual tasks shows that static expertise now has a short shelf life.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • On the surface, this is a bashfully dystopian science fiction yarn about friendship and loss, but boiling right under that is a fiercely intellectual narrative that tackles big questions about art, originality, inspiration, motherhood and impermanence.
    Gabino Iglesias, New York Times, 30 May 2025

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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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