As an arealist, I certainly can’t disagree with your definition of truth, since it matches mine. In fact, I stated on occasion that tabooing true, say, by replacing with “accurate” where possible, is a very useful exercise.
The problem of criterion dissolves once you accept that you are an embedded agent with a low-fidelity model of the universe you are embedded in, including self. There is no circularity. Knowing how to know something is an occasionally useful step, but not essential for extracting predictions from the model of the universe, which is the agent’s only action, sort of by definition. Truth is also an occasionally useful concept, but accuracy of predictions is what makes all the difference, including being able to model such parts of the world as other agents, with different world models. Knowledge is a bad term for accuracy of the model of the world, or as you said, “accurate predictions about our experiences”. Accepting your place in the world as one of the multitude of embedded agents, with various internal models, who also try to (out)model you is probably one of the steps toward a more accurate model.
As an arealist, I certainly can’t disagree with your definition of truth, since it matches mine. In fact, I stated on occasion that tabooing true, say, by replacing with “accurate” where possible, is a very useful exercise.
The problem of criterion dissolves once you accept that you are an embedded agent with a low-fidelity model of the universe you are embedded in, including self. There is no circularity. Knowing how to know something is an occasionally useful step, but not essential for extracting predictions from the model of the universe, which is the agent’s only action, sort of by definition. Truth is also an occasionally useful concept, but accuracy of predictions is what makes all the difference, including being able to model such parts of the world as other agents, with different world models. Knowledge is a bad term for accuracy of the model of the world, or as you said, “accurate predictions about our experiences”. Accepting your place in the world as one of the multitude of embedded agents, with various internal models, who also try to (out)model you is probably one of the steps toward a more accurate model.