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<p>This paper examines the question of when to terminate an inquiry. We are specifically interested in whether acceptance rules recently discussed in formal epistemology can be used for establishing when to stop inquiry by adopting an answer to the target question. Assuming that, in some of our inquiries, we value accuracy as well as speed, we use computer simulations to compare along these dimensions rules that we derive from the best known acceptance rules. It will be seen that the rules make different speed—accuracy trade-offs. We argue that, because different circumstances may ask for different speed—accuracy trade-offs, there is no single correct answer to the question of when an inquiry can be ended.</p>

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Acceptance in the context of inquiry

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    2025年10月3日

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  • Igor Douven,
  • Verena Wagner

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This paper examines the question of when to terminate an inquiry. We are specifically interested in whether acceptance rules recently discussed in formal epistemology can be used for establishing when to stop inquiry by adopting an answer to the target question. Assuming that, in some of our inquiries, we value accuracy as well as speed, we use computer simulations to compare along these dimensions rules that we derive from the best known acceptance rules. It will be seen that the rules make different speed—accuracy trade-offs. We argue that, because different circumstances may ask for different speed—accuracy trade-offs, there is no single correct answer to the question of when an inquiry can be ended.