Epistemological is the adjective for epistemology — the part of philosophy about how we know things, and how firmly we can know them. An epistemological question is not “What happened?” but “How do you know that, and could you be wrong?” You will almost never hear this in a night market or a group chat; it lives in university essays and academic books.

Epistemological這個字 is是 epistemology知識論 the adjective for的形容詞 — the part of philosophy about how we know things, and how firmly we can know them哲學裡在講我們怎麼知道事情、又能確定到什麼程度的那個部分。An epistemological question一個認識論式的問題 is not問的不是 "What happened?"「發生了什麼事」 but而是 "How do you know that, and could you be wrong?"「你怎麼知道，你會不會弄錯」 You will almost never hear this你幾乎不會聽到這種說法 in a night market or a group chat在夜市或群組聊天裡； it lives in它只出現在 university essays and academic books大學論文和學術書籍裡。

Though actually, students sometimes stretch it into a fancy synonym of “philosophical”, but it is narrower.

Though actually,不過其實， students sometimes stretch it into學生有時候會把它拉去當成 "philosophical"「philosophical」 a fancy synonym of的花俏同義詞 but it is narrower.但它其實更窄。

Questions about what is good and bad are ethics; questions about what is real are another branch; epistemological talk is only about knowing. If a paper mentions “epistemological problems in science”, it is asking whether the method really gives knowledge — not whether the lab was expensive.

Questions about what is good and bad討論好壞的問題 are是 ethics;倫理學； questions about what is real討論什麼是真實的問題 are是 another branch;另一個分支； epistemological talk認識論談的 is only about只是 knowing.「知道」這件事本身。 If a paper mentions如果一篇論文提到 "epistemological problems in science",「科學裡的epistemological問題」 it is asking whether它問的是 the method really gives knowledge這個方法是不是真的能給出知識 — not whether the lab was expensive.——不是問實驗室貴不貴。

It is simply epistemology with -ical on the end.

It is simply它其實就是 epistemology with -ical on the endepistemology加上字尾-ical而已。