Mapping Meaning

A Meaning Audit research series. Meaning Audit is a practical method for tracing where meaning is added between source material and a presented claim. This series visits the academic fields that surround its questions, from epistemology and philosophy of language to hermeneutics, semiotics, and philosophy of science, and records what I found and what I still do not know. Phase 1, first published in Japanese, consists of an opening map (Episode 0) and eight field visits. English adaptations will be published progressively.

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Oct 13, 2026
AI Said "15%." What, Exactly, Did I Learn?
An AI gives a probability of 15%. What would it take to say that I now know something? Mapping Meaning visits epistemology to look at belief, justification, evidence, and knowledge, and at why a record is not yet a reason to believe.
Oct 13, 2026
Before the Map, There Was a Practice: The Questions Around Meaning Audit
Meaning Audit began as a practical method, not an academic theory. This opening essay maps the fields that surround its questions and introduces the eight field visits of Phase 1, through knowledge, language, reading, signs, and evidence.

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