The Strategy of Ignorance: From Decision Logic to Evolutionary Epistemology

acceptance analysis application argument Axioms of constructibility basic behavioural believe better than q choice properties concept concerning conclusion connection criteria decision defined definition Deontic Logic depends discussion disjunction epistemic subject evaluative gamble evidence evolutionary epistemology existence gamble explanation falsification formulation given q guesses Halldén human knowledge hypothesis idea importance indifference principle induction inference initial probabilities insight intellectual interest intuitive investigator involved judgment justification Karl Popper leads logically true long run look matter means modal logic not-p person Peter Gärdenfors philosopher philosophy of science Popper Popperian pragmatic preferable to q premisses present presuppositions principle of indifference probabil probability theory problem problem of induction procedure proposition question rational reaction patterns reason regard relationship relevant rule sampling scientific scientist similar situation sort statistical strategy Suppose tautology theoretical theory things thinking tion tradition trustworthiness truth strategically preferable trying verification