doxa

Japanese: doxa
doxa

…The Greek word for the Latin scientia (the origin of the English word science). Originally, it was opposed to doxa, or probabilistic views, and meant academic and rigorous knowledge of the true existence, especially in Plato. In modern philosophy, it was given a new meaning by French structuralism, especially by M. Foucault. …

From 【Knowledge】

...Knowledge, therefore, can be said to mean more precisely the act of discerning or understanding things, and especially the content that is thus known or mastered.
[Certainty of knowledge, scientific knowledge]
Knowledge, therefore, is naturally to be distinguished from personal opinions or perceptions (doxa), which are not thought to be capable of accurately discerning, identifying, mastering, or controlling the way things are.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "doxa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ラテン語のスキエンティアscientia(英語のscienceの語源)にあたるギリシア語。もともとは〈ドクサdoxa〉つまり蓋然的な見解と対立し,とくにプラトンにおいて真実在に対する学問的で厳密な知を意味した。現代哲学においては,フランス構造主義とりわけM.フーコーによって新しい意味を与えられた。…

【知識】より

…知識とは,したがって,より正確には,ものごとを〈見分け〉〈わきまえ〉(わき=分き)て〈しる〉こと,またとりわけ,そのようにして知られ,ないしは領られた内容を意味するということができよう。
[知識の確実性,科学的知識]
 知識は,以上のことからして,当然,個人的な思いなしあるいは臆見(ドクサdoxa)とは区別される。思いなしあるいは臆見は,ものごとのありようを正確に見分け,識別して,領り,支配する域には達していないと考えられるからである。…

※「doxa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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