Epistemicznym

Epistemicznym is the instrumental singular form of the Polish adjective epistemiczny, meaning related to epistemology or knowledge. In Polish scholarly and academic writing, this form is used to indicate that a noun or a phrase pertains to knowledge, justification, belief, or the study of how we know things. It appears in contexts such as w kontekście epistemicznym or problem epistemiczny, where the focus is on questions about knowledge rather than other domains like ethics or aesthetics.

In philosophy, epistemiczny concerns the theory of knowledge (epistemologia), including what counts as knowledge, the conditions for justified belief, and the sources and limits of knowledge. It is used to distinguish epistemic questions from other domains such as metaphysical or pragmatic issues. Epistemiczny can describe states, processes, or claims whose validity depends on evidence, reasons, or the speaker’s information.

In linguistics and cognitive science, epistemiczna (epistemic) modality is a category that expresses the speaker’s degree of certainty about a proposition. This includes expressions such as possible, probable, or certain. Discussions of epistemiczna modalność focus on how language encodes knowledge-relative truth conditions and how speakers convey confidence or doubt.

Etymology and usage: the term derives from the Greek epistēmē (knowledge) and entered Polish through philosophical and scientific discourse. The instrumental form epistemicznym is a common morphosyntactic tool for linking knowledge-related meaning to nouns in sentences, reflecting the word’s role in technical and analytic writing.