If the fugitive's choice is determined by his own endorsed deliberative character rather than by reasoning transparent to the pursuer, surprise is compatible with self-knowledge without requiring self-ignorance.
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(as used in philosophy of action and epistemology)
A decision-making process that is completely obvious and predictable to someone trying to catch or understand the person making the decision.
Surprise (philosophical sense)(as used in epistemology)
The state of being unable to predict or anticipate someone's action, even though you understand their character and values.
knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
self-ignorance(Butler's account in 'On Self-Deceit')
Ignorance about one's own moral character and conduct driven by inordinate self-love
self-knowledge(Presented as the sole means to mokṣa, contrasted with ritual action or meditative practice aimed at gaining brahman.)
A radical epistemic shift by which one simultaneously sheds limited self-identities and directly recognizes one's existence as nondual consciousness.