The Epistemic Cycle: KEF and the Principle of M

This unified manuscript presents the Epistemic Cycle (G6–X–Q9–N) through its twocomplementary formulations: the Kiawe Epistemological Framework (KEF) and thePrinciple of M. Both structures formalize a cyclic epistemic architecture that resolvesthe classical problems of infinite regress, circular justification, and foundationalism. The Epistemic Cycle does not describe physical phenomena, does not introduceontological entities, and does not compete with scientific models. Its function isstructural: to define the conditions under which knowledge emerges, stabilizes,manifests, and returns to potential. Scientific theories, including W Theory, belong to the manifest descriptive domain (Q9)and cannot close their own epistemic cycle. The Epistemic Cycle situates them withoutmodifying or interpreting them. The result is a coherent, non‑ontological, non‑interpretative epistemic structurecompatible with contemporary science, logic, and philosophy of knowledge.