A Framework for Pragmatic Reliability.
I propose a framework for pragmatic reliability in-the-limit criteria, extending the epistemic reliability framework. I identify some common scientific contexts that complicate the application or interpretation of epistemic reliability criteria, drawing heavily from economics for illustrative exampl...
| Published in: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 704 - 727 |
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Cambridge University Press
Oct2020
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| Summary: | I propose a framework for pragmatic reliability in-the-limit criteria, extending the epistemic reliability framework. I identify some common scientific contexts that complicate the application or interpretation of epistemic reliability criteria, drawing heavily from economics for illustrative examples. I then propose an extension of the standard framework, where inquiry is constrained by both epistemic and nonepistemic factors. This provides analogous notions of pragmatic underdetermination and pragmatic reliability with respect to a particular goal, as well as a principled method for extracting solvable problems from unsolvable ones. |
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