# [[Scratch Pad]] ## facebook link - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560395529212&sk=about Michael & Dickens kindergarten ## working with chatgpt pro on [[Generating Philosophy with Artificial Intelligence]] - Chat is here:https://chatgpt.com/c/67a38992-bdb4-800d-bfe2-c0929326297f - **Four Desiderata** for a theory of progress: 1. _Diversity of Achievements_: The account should encompass the array of outputs (theories, arguments, counterexamples, sub-disciplines, etc.) that philosophers produce. 2. _Informativeness_: The account must enable the classification of episodes as progressive or not, and indicate degrees of progress. 3. _Science vs Philosophy_: The account should recognise methodological and topical differences between science and philosophy, without rendering them incommensurable. 4. _Progress Worth Making_: The achievement in question must be clearly valuable and not trivially met. ### 3 BUILDING [[ENABLING NOETICISM]] Having presented four desiderata, [[the authors]] introduce and develop their account of [[philosophical progress]], “[[Enabling Noeticism]].” This section builds upon three pillars: 1. A _conceptual framework and background assumptions_ for investigating progress. 2. A _detailed explication of the kind of understanding_ relevant to progress. 3. The claim that _putting people in a position to acquire such understanding_ is what _constitutes_ progress.