Harman's 'change in view' tradition distinguishes belief revision from inference-drawing, undermining the assumption that rationality demands active derivation of all consequences.

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Derivation of consequences(what the statement argues rationality doesn't demand we always do): The process of working out everything that logically follows from what you believe, like following a chain of logical steps to their end.
Harman(as a philosopher whose work is being discussed): Gilbert Harman is a philosopher who developed influential theories about abduction and how we form beliefs based on the best available explanation.
Inference-drawing(what Harman distinguishes from belief revision): The act of figuring out new conclusions by working through the logical steps from what you already know or believe.
belief revision(Central concept in modern studies of belief dynamics as applied to the Ramsey Test): The process of minimally modifying a belief state to accommodate a new proposition, used to evaluate the acceptability of conditionals

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