noun
evolutionary epistemology
A branch of philosophy that applies evolutionary theory to the study of knowledge and cognition.
進化論的認識論は、知識の成長を生物進化のアナロジーで説明しようとする。
Evolutionary epistemology attempts to explain the growth of knowledge by analogy with biological evolution.
Compound of 進化論 (evolutionary theory), 的 (-like, -al), and 認識論 (epistemology). A calque of the English term 'evolutionary epistemology'.