# Self-Knowledge **Entity class:** Epistemic concept **Domain:** Philosophy / Cognitive science **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Self-knowledge is justified understanding of one's own beliefs, motives, capacities, limitations, commitments, and patterns of action. ## Mechanism and significance It emerges from introspection, memory, feedback, behavior, and social correction rather than from inward certainty alone. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Neural Decoding and Cognitive Systems|Neural Decoding and Cognitive Systems]] - **Primary fields:** [[Self-Reflection]] · [[Neural Decoding]] · [[Brain-Computer Interfaces]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Bicameral Mind]] · [[Introspection]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Historical, scientific, fictional, and philosophical uses remain distinguishable; the node does not turn analogy or narrative architecture into empirical proof.