Self-consistency is about not asserting contradictions; self-ratification is about asserting that the process that produced this very theory is likely to produce correct theories.
Theories completely blind to their own shortcomings can very well be consistent and self-ratifying (e.g. faith that one’s beliefs came from divine revelation, including the belief that one’s beliefs came from divine revelation).
Ah, makes sense. So self-ratification is about seeing oneself as trustworthy. Which is neither a necessary condition for a theory to be useful, nor a sufficient condition for it to be trustworthy from outside. But still a useful criterion when evaluating a theory.
Self-consistency is about not asserting contradictions; self-ratification is about asserting that the process that produced this very theory is likely to produce correct theories.
Theories completely blind to their own shortcomings can very well be consistent and self-ratifying (e.g. faith that one’s beliefs came from divine revelation, including the belief that one’s beliefs came from divine revelation).
Ah, makes sense. So self-ratification is about seeing oneself as trustworthy. Which is neither a necessary condition for a theory to be useful, nor a sufficient condition for it to be trustworthy from outside. But still a useful criterion when evaluating a theory.