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The concepts are related because human fallibility is a fundamental constraint in epistemological theories regarding how a belief is justified [1], [2]. Furthermore, fallibility explains why a belief can be justified yet remain false [3], [4], and serves as a factor that internalist frameworks must account for when evaluating the relationship between beliefs [5].
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claimA belief is considered justified if it is the result of a cognitive process that reliably leads to true beliefs most of the time, allowing for human fallibility.
claimTruth and justification are independent conditions of beliefs, meaning a belief can be unjustified yet true due to luck, or justified yet false due to human fallibility.
claimTruth and justification are independent conditions of beliefs, meaning a belief can be true but unjustified due to luck, or justified but false due to human fallibility.
claimTo account for human fallibility, internalists argue that a belief B justifies a belief A if the truth of B provides a good reason to believe A is true by making it likely or probable that A is true.
claimA belief is considered justified if it results from a cognitive process that reliably leads to true beliefs most of the time, allowing for human fallibility.