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Fallibilism

Originally, fallibilism (from Medieval Latin: fallibilis, "liable to error") is the philosophical principle that propositions can be accepted even though they cannot be conclusively proven or justified, or that neither knowledge nor belief is certain. The term was coined in the late 19th century by the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce in…

Infinite regress and infinite progress, Critical rationalism & Criticism

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Infinite regress and infinite progress

Scott F. AikinInfinite regressPyrrhonistAgrippaRegress argument
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Critical rationalism

Logical positivismThe Logic of Scientific DiscoveryInductiveEvidenceNatural sciences
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Criticism

PlatoSaint AugustineRené DescartesJohn Calvin
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Philosophical skepticism

SkepticismAcademic skepticism
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Infinite regress and infinite progress

Critical rationalism

Philosophical skepticism

Criticism

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Fallibilism

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related to Infinite regress and infinite progress · 21
Fallibilism → According, Agrippa, Aikin, Christian Wolff, English, For, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Hobbes, Illustrious, Immanuel Kant, Infinite, Kant, Many, Münchhausen, Philosophers, Pyrrhonist, Scott, Somewhere, The, Thomas Hobbes
related to Critical rationalism · 15
Fallibilism → Furthermore, However, Hungarian, Imre Lakatos, In, Karl Popper, Lakatos, Lakatos's, Popper, Popper's, Scientific Discovery, The, The Logic, Though, When Lakatos
related to Criticism · 15
Fallibilism → Democrat, Descartes's, Either Jones, Few, Historically, It, John Calvin, Jones, Many, Nearly, Plato, Plausible, René Descartes, Saint Augustine, Western
related to External links · 7
Fallibilism → Epistemic Fallibilism, Internet Encyclopedia, Nicholas Rescher, Philosophy, PhilPapers, Routledge Encyclopedia, Stephen Hetherington
see also · 3
Fallibilism → Defeasible, Pancritical, Reconciliation
related to Philosophical skepticism · 1
Fallibilism → Karl Popper

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