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    It is not the case that 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.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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    • 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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