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fallibilism logo #22641the doctrine that empirical knowledge is uncertain
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Fallibilism

Fallibilism logo #23166doctrine that absolute certainty about knowledge is impossible; or at least that all claims to knowledge could, in principle, be mistaken. As a formal doctrine, it is most strongly associated with Charles Sanders Peirce, who used it in his attack on foundationalism. Unlike scepticism, fallibilism does not imply the need to abandon our knowledge- we...
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