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fallibility ↔ %Truth

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The concepts are related because human fallibility is cited as a reason why a belief can be justified yet false, thereby distinguishing it from the independent condition of truth as described in [1], [2], and [3].

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Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 3 facts
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.