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Epistemology is the study of knowledge, which is fundamentally analyzed in relation to true belief as seen in the debate over whether true belief constitutes knowledge [1], the role of fallibilism in maintaining knowledge despite potential error [2], and the necessity of justification to prevent true belief from being accidental [3].
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Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimThe role of justification in epistemology is to ensure that a true belief is not true merely by accident, which is accomplished when a true belief instantiates the property of proper probabilification.
Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimEpistemologists generally agree that mere true belief does not qualify as knowledge, as illustrated by the example of a belief based on a coin toss that happens to be correct.
Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimFallibilism is the epistemological view that it is possible to possess knowledge even when a true belief might have turned out to be false.