Gnosiology
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The term gnosiology (μελέτη της γνώσης) is derived from the Greek words gnosis ('knowledge', γνώση) and logos ('word' or 'discourse', λόγος). Linguistically, one might compare it to epistemology, which is derived from the Greek words episteme ('knowledge') and logos (idea). As a philosophical concept, gnosiology broadly means the theory of knowledge, which in ancient Greek philosophy was perceived as a combination of sensory perception and intellect and then made into memory. When considered in the context of science, gnosiology takes on a different meaning: the study of knowledge, its origin, processes, and validity. Gnosiology being the study of types of knowledge i.e. memory (abstract knowledge "episteme"), experience induction or empiricism, rational or deduction, scientific abductive reasoning, theorical (theory) or contemplation, metaphysical and instinctual or intuitive knowledge.
Within the realm of Greek Orthodox theology and modern Greek usage, the term encompasses the concepts of the created (that which comes from Ex nihilo) and the uncreated (that which transcends the limits of nature and is therefore supernatural).
