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In this chapter, we have introduced the three central features of the

epistemological framework that guides the prescriptions of Ameliorative

Psychology (robust reliability, a cost-benefit approach to reasoning, and

the importance of significance), and we have introduced a framework for

thinking about applied epistemology that drops out of Ameliorative Psychology.

We recognize that much of our discussion has been too abstract,

and as a result, some might view it as not terribly useful. For those who are

inclined to react in this way, we would ask for patience. In chapters 8 and

9, we will draw out some practical implications of our view. But first, let’s

try to develop in a bit more detail the account of epistemic excellence that

guides the prescriptions of Ameliorative Psychology.

In this chapter, we have introduced the three central features of the

epistemological framework that guides the prescriptions of Ameliorative

Psychology (robust reliability, a cost-benefit approach to reasoning, and

the importance of significance), and we have introduced a framework for

thinking about applied epistemology that drops out of Ameliorative Psychology.

We recognize that much of our discussion has been too abstract,

and as a result, some might view it as not terribly useful. For those who are

inclined to react in this way, we would ask for patience. In chapters 8 and

9, we will draw out some practical implications of our view. But first, let’s

try to develop in a bit more detail the account of epistemic excellence that

guides the prescriptions of Ameliorative Psychology.