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词汇 fallibilism
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Definition of fallibilism in English:

fallibilism

noun ˈfalɪbɪˌlɪz(ə)mˈfaləbəˌlizəm
mass nounPhilosophy
  • The principle that propositions concerning empirical knowledge can be accepted even though they cannot be proved with certainty.

    〔哲〕易谬主义,可错论

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The core claim here is that fallibilism is different from relativism, suggesting that it is possible to distinguish between truth and the context of justification of claims to truth.
    • Karl Popper endorses fallibilism, which he defines as ‘the view, or the acceptance of the fact, that we may err, and that the quest for certainty (or even the quest for high probability) is a mistaken quest.’
    • Focusing on the epistemic responsibility aspect of justification inclines us to fallibilism about knowledge.

Derivatives

  • fallibilist

  • adjective & noun
    Philosophy
    • He advances a fallibilist epistemology whereby knowledge is defined not as justified true belief, but as belief of which our belief forming faculties tell us we can be certain.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you are still a contented fallibilist, despite my plea to hear the sceptical argument afresh, you will probably be discontented with the Rule of Attention.
      • Under the pressure of Stoic objections to his fallibilist epistemology Philo apparently made some controversial innovations in Academic philosophy.
      • Viewing knowledge as a tool for enriching experience, pragmatism tends to be pluralistic, experimental, fallibilist, and naturalistic.
      • Humility is not, however, achieved by acclamation, and something other than humility may be at work in fallibilist argumentation.

Definition of fallibilism in US English:

fallibilism

nounˈfaləbəˌlizəm
Philosophy
  • The principle that propositions concerning empirical knowledge can be accepted even though they cannot be proved with certainty.

    〔哲〕易谬主义,可错论

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Karl Popper endorses fallibilism, which he defines as ‘the view, or the acceptance of the fact, that we may err, and that the quest for certainty (or even the quest for high probability) is a mistaken quest.’
    • The core claim here is that fallibilism is different from relativism, suggesting that it is possible to distinguish between truth and the context of justification of claims to truth.
    • Focusing on the epistemic responsibility aspect of justification inclines us to fallibilism about knowledge.
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