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Énoncé vs. Enonciation - from French - what is said against (the process of) saying. The terms are used to indicate the difference between what is said (Énoncé) and the process or act of saying (Enonciation). According to the understanding of the linguist Emil...

Enthymeme is an argument of which one part (or any of the preconditions or conclusion) is missing.

Epistemé is a Greek word for knowledge. The term was proposed by Michel Foucault and widely used to denote the subsurface, often hidden foundations on which the message or statement that is accepted as knowledge during a certain period of human history is built. In...

Belonging to knowledge. Related: Epistemology

Epistemology is the study of knowledge; In a fuller sense - the study of the origin, nature, limitations, grounds, and forms of knowledge. Many semioticians believe that the formal and systematic study of signs has the ability to transform this traditional branch of...

Erasure is a term used by deconstructivists like Jacques Derrida to mean the inevitability of relying on definitions that are both inadequate on the one hand and necessary on the other. Derrida adopted this practice of writing sous rature (subject to erasure) from...

Erklärung is a German word. Its direct meaning is "explanation". Often used as different from Verstehen (understanding). In many cases, it is assumed that natural phenomena (eg solar eclipses) require explanation, while cultural artifacts (texts, buildings, legal...

Ethics of Terminology is a series of rules or guidelines for creating and using a term, especially technical terms in scientific disciplines or in disciplines that seek to transform into science. To facilitate the transformation of philosophy into science, Charles...

Exegesis is an explanation or interpretation of the text. The process by which texts are explained or interpreted is a central issue for thinkers of the hermeneutic tradition. For example, for Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768 - 1834), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833 - 1911), Hans...

Experience is a term often used to denote what happens inside a person or organism. This term was reformulated by Charles Peirce and other American pragmatists to denote what happens between the Self and the world. In its first sense, the term "subjective experience"...