Epistemology
Definition
Epistemology is the part of philosophy about what knowledge is, where it comes from, and where it runs out. It also covers what makes a belief justified.
On this site
The Honesty axis: whether the inhabitants could, in principle, find out how their world works.
Role in the model
The Honesty axis in the ethics radar measures one thing: whether the inhabitants of a scenario could, in principle, work out how their world runs. A world that hides how it’s rendered sets a trap for what its people can know. The meters score it down for that.
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14 short pages, one per thinker, each with its matching dial. See also the reading list.