Context

A context is the situation in which an idea is being evaluated against a goal. Context includes:

• The current state of the world (your location, the weather, the laws of physics).
• The other ideas you're using (the tools, theories, and methods you've already accepted).
• The relevant facts and evidence you have at hand.

In CF, the same idea in different contexts can have different evaluations — that's not a contradiction. An idea is non-refuted for an IGC, not non-refuted absolutely.

When the context changes — when you learn a new fact, move to a new environment, or gain access to a new tool — your previous evaluation may need to be re-done in the new context. This is the source of contextual knowledge in Objectivism: all knowledge is held in some context, and a different context can require a different conclusion.

CF uses contexts explicitly in IGC triples, which force you to write down all three (idea, goal, context) before evaluating.

"The same idea can have multiple evaluations." — criticalfallibilism.com