Glossary

Concepts from critical rationalism and the philosophy of knowledge

Core Framework

Knowledge Conjecture Criticism Critical Rationalism Error Correction Progress Explanation Hard to Vary

Epistemology — True and False

Critical Rationalism Epistemology Inductivism Empiricism Bayesian Epistemology Justificationism Foundationalism Conspiracism Instrumentalism

What Knowledge Is

Knowledge Explanatory Knowledge Genetic Knowledge Idea Explicit Inexplicit Implicit Conscious Unconscious Explanation Explanatory Knowledge Explicanda Mode of Explanation Reach Hard to Vary Evidence Corroboration Falsify Prove

People and Minds

Personhood Universal Explainer Creativity Disobedience Child Fun Suffering Coercion Hangup Interests Believe

Society and Culture

Dynamic Society Static Society Culture Institution Tradition of Criticism Meme Rational Meme Anti-Rational Meme Background Knowledge Diversity Ideology The Pattern

Change and Progress

Progress Error Correction Incremental Revolutionary Stasis Compromise Utopia Utopianism

The Physical World

Physical World Abstract Laws of Physics Principles of Physics Emergence Hierarchy Rule Universal Constructor Prevailing Conception Phenomenology Ontology

Values and Philosophy

Objective Subjective Morality Aesthetics Real Bigotry Anthropocentrism Principle of Mediocrity The Principle of Optimism

False Ideas and Errors

Pessimism Precautionary Principle Spaceship Earth Essentialism Definition Reductionism Creationism Behaviorism Genetic Determinism Inductivism Empiricism Bayesian Epistemology Foundationalism Justificationism Instrumentalism Conspiracism

Reach and Universality

Reach Universality Jump to Universality Universal Explainer Universal Constructor

Economics and Wealth

Economics Wealth Resource Probability

Cosmic Context

The Great Monotony Principle of Mediocrity Hierarchy Rule