Philosophy has spent 2,500 years asking "What is true?" when the urgent question was always "What kind of constraint is this, and does someone profit from my belief that it's unchangeable?" Deferential Realism doesn't care whether your epistemology is justified—it asks whether your constraint claim serves extraction or description. The innovation here isn't the four-category … Continue reading The Tyranny of Necessity: How Deferential Realism Weaponizes Skepticism
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Deferential Realism: A Constraint-First Epistemology for Agency Under Uncertainty
Abstract Traditional philosophical skepticism targets truth claims, asking "How can we know this is true?" Deferential Realism applies skeptical analysis to constraint claims, asking instead "What type of constraint is this, and what does that imply for action?" This paper presents a novel epistemological framework that distinguishes natural constraints (Mountains) from coordination mechanisms (Ropes), extractive … Continue reading Deferential Realism: A Constraint-First Epistemology for Agency Under Uncertainty
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