firster en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From first + -er (“supporter”).
Meanings
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(in-compounds) A person who advocates the primacy of the named entity (who puts it first).
In recent years, “knowledge-first” epistemologists have worried that any analysis of knowledge fails to recognize that knowledge is more fundamental than epistemic analysis. Knowledge, the knowledge-firster contends, should be taken as an epistemic primitive.
2019, Branden Fitelson, Rodrigo Borges, Cherie Braden, Themes from Klein: Knowledge, Scepticism, and Justification, Springer, →ISBN, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| firsters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |