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I'm writing an academic text and trying to find a nice term for the concept of creation/generation of knowledge.

The Greek dictionaries I consulted seem to indicate sophia or sophos would work but I'm unsure how to merge them with genesis and don't have the linguistic skills to interpret Greek grammar texts.

Etienne
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    σοφία doesn't really mean knowledge so much as wisdom. Something like ἐπιστήμη or γνῶσις might be a better choice (cf.). – Cairnarvon Apr 17 '23 at 15:18
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    @Cairnarvon Those are good options too, but σοφία can refer to knowledge, especially practical knowledge of some specific skill or domain (https://outils.biblissima.fr/fr/eulexis-web/?lemma=sofia&dict=LSJ). – TKR Apr 17 '23 at 16:36
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    Welcome to the Latin site, Etienne! Your account doesn't get automatically migrated with your question, so you need to extend your Stack Exchange account to this site as well to be able to interact with others. That should be possible with one or two clicks. – Joonas Ilmavirta Apr 17 '23 at 17:14
  • Thank you @Joonas! – Etienne Apr 17 '23 at 22:46
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    @Cairnarvon It seems epistemogenesis is established jargon in the field of psychology. It might be a possible avenue though I'm unsure if it fits my use-case exactly. (I would elucidate on my use case but it's a self-learning mathematical agent and I think it'd be too long and too off-topic for this conversation, I'm not sure myself what fits best given the agent's conception of "knowledge"/"wisdom".) – Etienne Apr 17 '23 at 22:47
  • @TKR Having read the definitions of those three terms I am unsure which fits my use-case. This document is also quite interesting on the subject and the potential overlap and differences between the two terms https://sites.temple.edu/dwolf/files/2020/06/Sophia-and-episteme.pdf If I were to go with sophia, would the compound be as simple as sophiagenesis? – Etienne Apr 17 '23 at 22:48
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    @Etienne Sophiagenesis sounds a bit odd because nouns in -ia don't often appear as the first part of a compound, but it appears there are a handful of such words so it's not unprecedented. I think sophogenesis doesn't fit as it would mean "creation/birth of a wise man". – TKR Apr 18 '23 at 00:49
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    Stretch/analogize μυθοπλασία to γνωσιπλασία ? Sounds like a neologism from hell, and does not appear attested.... – Cosmas Zachos Apr 18 '23 at 19:21
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    @Etienne Gnoseogenesis is another option – Dario Apr 24 '23 at 15:21
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    John of Damascus (7th century CE) in Against the Jacobites attests μυθοπλαστία, so you might try γνωσιπλαστία... – Cosmas Zachos Apr 30 '23 at 15:17

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