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  1. epistemes: Merriam-Webster
  2. epistemes: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (episteme)

noun:  (philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
noun:  (specifically Ancient Greek philosophy) know-how; compare techne.
noun:  (specifically Foucaultian philosophy) The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.
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