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The branch of postmodern thought focused on knowledge itself—its nature, its limits, its social construction. Epistemological Postmodernism argues that there is no universal, transhistorical standard of knowledge; what counts as knowing varies across cultures, contexts, and historical periods. It critiques the Enlightenment project of establishing a single, objective, rational foundation for knowledge, arguing that such foundations are always contingent, always partial, always serving particular interests. Epistemological Postmodernism doesn't say knowledge is impossible; it says knowledge is plural, situated, and always involves power. It's the philosophy of epistemic humility, of the recognition that your way of knowing is not the way of knowing.
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