The Brains Pod

Inquiry under bounds (Part 5: Applying the account)

This post applies the reason-responsive consequentialist view of rational inquiry to shed light on bounded rationality, the Standard Picture, and the epistemology of inquiry.

Inquiry under bounds (Part 4: Justifying the account)

This post gives three arguments for the reason-responsive consequentialist view of rational inquiry.

Inquiry under bounds (Part 3: A theory of rational inquiry)

This post develops a theory of rational inquiry for bounded agents: the reason-responsive consequentialist view.

Inquiry under bounds (Part 2: Rationality at the crossroads)

This post introduces bounded rationality by contrasting it with a received Standard Picture of rationality.

Inquiry under bounds (Part 1: Introduction)

This post begins a five-part series introducing David Thorstad's book, Inquiry under bounds.