Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
épistémie
" “Le malade ne peut parler que dans le code qui lui est fourni par l’hôpital”. Et le citoyen que dans le code construit en dehors de lui par l’appareil étatique, l’industrie médiatique ou *l’épistémie* des sciences sociales."
This word shows up all over the internet on English-languate sites, but I have never heard it before and it is used in ways that seem odd or highly specialized to me. Is the French more current in a philosophical context, and if so, can you think of an English equivalent? I thought of episteme at first, Foucault's term, but that does not seem to be quite the same thing.
The quote by the way is from Michel de Certeau.
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John Di Rico
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Francis MARC
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| 4 | epistemology |
Marianna Staroselsky
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| 3 | critical study or critique |
Emma Paulay
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Rachel Fell
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Proposed translations
France
Legal, Marketing, Finance and IT
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English
episteme
OED
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Julie Barber
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Assimina Vavoula
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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DonM
: This is definitely "episteme" in Foucault's sense.
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Jenny Duthie
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epistemy
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Math Phobia and Homophobia: Two Sides of the Same Coin?- [ Traduire cette page ]Fundamental to this epistemy (way of knowing) is the notion that there is not just one epistemy, but that there are epistemies — many ways of knowing. ...
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United States
Creative, phd, resourceful, thorough
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Russian to English, English to Russian
epistemology
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/glossary.htm
critical study or critique
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-03-27 09:49:09 GMT)
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Le Robert defines "épistémologie" as : Etude critique des sciences, destinée à déterminer leur origine logique, leur valeur et leur portée (théorie de la connaissance).
United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
see comment
Episteme: A Journal of Social Epistemology.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/episteme/ http://www.episteme.eu.com/
Discussion
"Comment concevoir cette nouvelle épistémie et cette nouvelle politique qui instaurent une puissance intellectuelle là où oeuvrent habituellement des mécanismes de déconsidération et d'infériorisation ?"