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    It is false that if we cannot know the whole truth of some matter, we also cannot ascertain whether we are making progress toward it.

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    • 1.Niiniluoto's epistemic utilities framework demonstrates that expected truthlikeness can be estimated probabilistically using partial evidence and confirmation theory.
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    • 2.Estimating expected truthlikeness from partial evidence constitutes a coherent method for ascertaining progress, even when the whole truth remains unknown.
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    • 3.A method that coherently tracks progress under uncertainty defeats the claim that progress toward truth is epistemically inaccessible without complete knowledge.
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    • 1.Popper's verisimilitude framework shows theories can be rank-ordered by truthlikeness via logical consequence classes, independent of knowing the whole truth.
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    • 2.If comparative truthlikeness judgments are possible without knowing the whole truth, then progress toward truth is epistemically accessible without complete knowledge.
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    • 1.A counterexample exists: one can know a partial truth about tomorrow's weather (that it will be hot) without knowing the whole truth about tomorrow's weather.
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    • 2.Knowing such a partial truth amounts to knowing one has made progress toward the whole truth.
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    Consider the second horn of this dilemma. Is it true that if we can’t know what the (whole) truth of some matter is, we also cannot ascertain whether or not we are making progress towards it? Suppose you are interested in the truth about the weather tomorrow. Suppose you learn (from a highly reliable source) that it will be hot. Even though you don’t know the whole truth about the weather tomorrow, you do know that you have added a truth to your existing corpus of weather beliefs. One does not n
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