The beginning of wisdom is the realization of how little we truly know.
Epistemology
The study of knowledge itself - how we know what we know, and why we believe what we believe
We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are.
The map is not the territory, but we navigate our lives by these imperfect maps.
Certainty is the enemy of truth - the truly wise hold their beliefs lightly.
Knowledge is not a destination but a direction - we approach truth asymptotically.
The most dangerous knowledge is the knowledge we don't know we lack.
Reality doesn't care about our models, but our models determine what reality we can perceive.
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world - and the limits of my knowledge.
We know through our biases as much as through our senses - perception is always interpretation.
The scientific method is epistemology in action - a systematic way of being wrong as little as possible.
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
The foundation of all knowledge is the recognition of our own ignorance.
We build our understanding of the world on assumptions we cannot prove but must accept to know anything at all.
The truth is not always beautiful, but the pursuit of truth is always beautiful.
Knowledge grows through disagreement, not consensus - through challenge, not confirmation.
We know more than we can tell, and we tell more than we can prove.
The test of all knowledge is experiment - not what seems reasonable, but what actually works.
Every belief is a hypothesis waiting to be tested by reality.
The most profound truths are those that reveal the limitations of our ways of knowing.
We don't discover truth by adding more facts, but by removing more illusions.
Knowledge without context is information; knowledge with context is understanding.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled - and epistemology is the study of that flame.
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence - but first we must determine what can be spoken about.
The history of knowledge is the history of errors corrected, not truths discovered.
We know through our tools of knowing - and epistemology examines those very tools.
The most valuable knowledge is knowing the boundaries of your knowledge.
Truth is not determined by how strongly we believe, but by how well our beliefs correspond to reality.
We swim in an ocean of uncertainty, building islands of temporary certainty called knowledge.
The purpose of epistemology is not to find answers, but to ask better questions about how we find answers.
All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions, but not all perceptions lead to knowledge.