Abstract
A naturalized model of rationality is developed, with a focus on an important but largely neglected aspect: knowledge of error, or “negative” knowledge. The development of knowledge of what counts as error occurs via a kind of internal variation and selection, or quasi-evolutionary, process. Processes of reflection generate a hierarchy of principles of error, a hierarchy that frames and constrains positive rationality. The dynamics of rationality is an internalization of processes of reflected-upon variation and selection. The nature and origin of logic are addressed from within this framework, and the overall rationality model is applied to three central issues in the philosophy of science: the rational function of truth and realism in science, the nature of progress in science, and the rationality of certain induction-like considerations.
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