I am not telling you that discernment and science are etymologically related, I am telling you the definition of science. Definitions of words are generally not simple translations if their etymological roots.
mid-14c., "what is known, knowledge (of something) acquired by study; information;" also "assurance of knowledge, certitude, certainty," from Old French science "knowledge, learning, application; corpus of human knowledge" (12c.), from Latin scientia "knowledge, a knowing; expertness," from sciens (genitive scientis) "intelligent, skilled," present participle of scire "to know," probably originally *"to separate one thing from another, to distinguish," related to scindere "to cut, divide" (from PIE root skei- "to cut, split;" source also of Greek skhizein "to split, rend, cleave," Gothic skaidan, Old English sceadan "to divide, separate").
"perceive or recognize the difference or distinction between (two or more things);" also "distinguish (an object) with the eyes, see distinctly, behold;" also "perceive rationally, understand;" late 14c., from Old French discerner (13c.) "distinguish (between), separate" (by sifting), and directly from Latin discernere "to separate, set apart, divide, distribute; distinguish, perceive," from dis- "off, away" (see dis-) + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift" (from PIE root *krei- "to sieve," thus "discriminate, distinguish"). Related: Discerned; discerning.
i.e. to discern what can be known
Science is the process if discerning (distinguishing/separating/sifting through) what can be known from what is false and/or can not or can not yet be known.
I sent you the actual etymology of the word science and discernment and you keep moving the goalposts.
Science is not made of “sci” and “ence,” you fucking retard. Ence plays no part in the roots of the word “science,” and it’s not even evident that it is even a latin or greek root.
Science can be distilled down accurately to the phrase “the process of discerning what can be known,” and that is basically what objective epistemology can also be distilled down to, so it’s funny that you bring it up. “Go read the entirety of Objectivist Epistemology” sounds like an insult made by a person who just learned the phrase.
I am not telling you that discernment and science are etymologically related, I am telling you the definition of science. Definitions of words are generally not simple translations if their etymological roots.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/science
science (n.)
mid-14c., "what is known, knowledge (of something) acquired by study; information;" also "assurance of knowledge, certitude, certainty," from Old French science "knowledge, learning, application; corpus of human knowledge" (12c.), from Latin scientia "knowledge, a knowing; expertness," from sciens (genitive scientis) "intelligent, skilled," present participle of scire "to know," probably originally *"to separate one thing from another, to distinguish," related to scindere "to cut, divide" (from PIE root skei- "to cut, split;" source also of Greek skhizein "to split, rend, cleave," Gothic skaidan, Old English sceadan "to divide, separate").
https://www.etymonline.com/word/discern#etymonline_v_11382
discern (v.)
"perceive or recognize the difference or distinction between (two or more things);" also "distinguish (an object) with the eyes, see distinctly, behold;" also "perceive rationally, understand;" late 14c., from Old French discerner (13c.) "distinguish (between), separate" (by sifting), and directly from Latin discernere "to separate, set apart, divide, distribute; distinguish, perceive," from dis- "off, away" (see dis-) + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift" (from PIE root *krei- "to sieve," thus "discriminate, distinguish"). Related: Discerned; discerning.
i.e. to discern what can be known
Science is the process if discerning (distinguishing/separating/sifting through) what can be known from what is false and/or can not or can not yet be known.
where the fuck did you come up with sci + ence?
You are full of hot air.
I sent you the actual etymology of the word science and discernment and you keep moving the goalposts.
Science is not made of “sci” and “ence,” you fucking retard. Ence plays no part in the roots of the word “science,” and it’s not even evident that it is even a latin or greek root.
Science can be distilled down accurately to the phrase “the process of discerning what can be known,” and that is basically what objective epistemology can also be distilled down to, so it’s funny that you bring it up. “Go read the entirety of Objectivist Epistemology” sounds like an insult made by a person who just learned the phrase.
Did you just learn that phrase?