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fallibility
Also known as: fallible, human fallibility
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Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 6 facts
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.
claimThe requirement for justification in knowledge does not necessitate absolute certainty, as humans are fallible beings.
Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community 2 facts
claimAcademic peer review serves as a formal mechanism to check human fallibility by allowing experts to disagree with the conclusions presented by authors in their discipline.
claimHumans value eyewitness accounts and expert opinions because they can correct false beliefs, given that individuals are fallible and limited in their first-hand evidence about the world.
Epistemic Justification – Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology press.rebus.community 1 fact
claimStrong foundationalists require a principled method to differentiate between mental states that are infallible and those that are fallible.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 1 fact
claimPerceptual experience is fallible because the world is not always as it appears to an observer.