Epilogism
Epilogism is a style of inference used by the ancient Empiric school of medicine and Pyrrhonism. It is a theory-free method of looking at history by accumulating facts with minimal generalization and being conscious of the side effects of making causal claims. Epilogism is an inference which moves entirely within the domain of visible and evident things, it tries not to invoke unobservables. It is tightly knit to the famous "tripos of medicine".
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See also Doctrines of the Empiric school.
See also Causal inference.
Epilogism in popular culture
Epilogism is discussed as a way of viewing history in The Black Swan (Taleb book) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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gollark: Our tables actually just include built-in picofabricators nowadays.
gollark: Buffalo don't exist, bee.
gollark: <@738361430763372703> Consider cryoapioform.
External links
- http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2004/2004-12-20.html
- repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/24239/1/nishimura.pdf
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