Epistemological Metaphilosophy

The philosophical examination of epistemology itself—stepping back to ask what epistemology is doing, what its methods are, how it changes over time, and what counts as progress within it. Metaphilosophy doesn't ask "what is knowledge?" but "what are we doing when we ask what knowledge is?" It's the discipline's self-reflection, its attempt to understand its own assumptions, its own ghosts, its own history. For those who find epistemology interesting, metaphilosophy is where you go when you find epistemology's assumptions interesting too.

"You're arguing about whether knowledge requires certainty. But Epistemological Metaphilosophy asks: why are we still having this argument? What does it mean that Western epistemology has been asking the same questions for 2500 years? Is this progress or just obsession? Step back from knowing about knowing to knowing about knowing about knowing."

Epistemological Metaphilosophy by Abzugal February 23, 2026