{"id":"mymindmine-knowledge-epistemology-v1","slug":"epistemology","domain":"philosophy","title":"Epistemology","deck":"The study of knowledge, justification, evidence, belief, and understanding.","directAnswer":"Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge and related concepts such as justification, evidence, belief, rationality, understanding, and the limits of what can be known.","mechanism":["Epistemic questions separate what is true from what is believed and what is justified.","Different theories disagree about the conditions under which belief becomes knowledge.","Uncertainty and evidence quality matter independently of confidence."],"whyItMatters":["MyMindMine operationalizes an epistemic typing discipline: OBSERVED, CANONICAL, INFERRED, UNKNOWN.","The purpose is to preserve information boundaries before interpretation turns into false certainty."],"questions":["What is knowledge?","What makes a belief justified?","How is evidence different from confidence?"],"related":["metacognition","uncertainty","confirmation-bias","consciousness"],"sources":[{"label":"Stanford Encyclopedia: Epistemology","url":"https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/","publisher":"Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy"}],"brajology":["RIPC studies one pathway by which interaction reward can induce premature epistemic closure."],"updated":"2026-09-20","canonicalUrl":"https://www.mymindmine.com/philosophy/epistemology","author":{"name":"John Brajer","url":"https://www.mymindmine.com/people/john-brajer"},"publisher":"MyMindMine","knowledgeSystem":"MyMindMine Knowledge System v1","epistemicBoundary":{"externalSources":"Sources support the external factual orientation.","originalLayer":"Brajology and MyMindMine interpretations are original framework material and are not attributed to external sources."}}