epistemically adverb3 •In an epistemic way. •In a way that pertains to knowledge and cognition. •In a way that pertains to metaknowledge and epistemology (awareness of the source, truth, and epistemologic grounding of knowledge).We can say that a message, M, is epistemically defective if either it is false, inappropriate, or connected to other beliefs in ways that are inapt, misleading, or unwarranted. — 2002 formsmore epistemically · most epistemically