I was asked why Bayesianism is not an epistemology and what is alternative. Answers in http://meaningness.com/probability-and-logic … & http://meaningness.com/metablog/how-to-think … …
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We actually don’t know how people know things. We do *know* it’s not via trivial bits of math. We need to find out!pic.twitter.com/ODlktRpBKJ
I realize this is reductionist in the extreme, but my bedrock epistemology has always been "trial and error."
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Mm. That’s certainly an important principle, but by itself doesn’t seem like it goes very far.
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Why doesn't it get you very far? It gets you everywhere! It gets you to Bayesianism, for example — because B-ism works :)
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"Keep what works, discard what doesn't" is the rule behind every process that generates knowledge.
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The operative (and human-complete) word here is "works." But the "keep/discard" part of the rule is simple and universal.
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You're leaving out figuring what to try, which is
of the dimensionality reduction @MeaningnessThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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