What is scope context?

Scope context is a concept in personal epistemology: Items nested inside a container share the context of that container.

Example: You have a project folder called 'Q3 Product Launch.' Every document inside it — the timeline, the budget, the risk register — automatically inherits the context 'this is about the Q3 product launch' without stating it. Move the risk register to your general 'Templates' folder and that context evaporates. The document hasn't changed. Its scope has.

This concept is part of Phase 14 (Hierarchy and Nesting) in the How to Think curriculum, which builds the epistemic infrastructure for hierarchy and nesting.