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Epistemologyof thediagnosticendeavor

Epistemology is thestudyof thenatureofknowledge. TheDSM-IVTaskForcewas awareof the long-standingdebate–beginningwithAristotleandPlatoand renewed in theMiddleAges–overhow thehumanmindpercievesandconstructsourworld.We pondered theviewsof the following threeumpires, eachofwhomhasaverydifferent understandingof theway inwhich theirbaseballworld isexperiencedandorganized:

Epistemologicalumpire I: Thereareballsand therearestrikesand I call themas theyare. Epistemologicalumpire II: Thereareballsand therearestrikesand I call themas I see them. Epistemologicalumpire III: Therearenoballsand therearenostrikesuntil I call them.

Uit: AmericanPsychiatricAssociation/AllenFrances,Michael B. First&HaroldA. Pincus (ed.), DSM-IVGuidebook ,WashingtonDC/London, AmericanPsychiatricPress, 1995.

Thevalueof skepticism

Skepticism is thechastityof the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon.

Santayana