Fallibilism - Is Certainty Possible?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- A brief introduction to fallibilism with examples from René Descartes' "Meditations on First Philosophy."
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Here are some additional resources on the topic:
• "Fallibilism" Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: iep.utm.edu/fallibil/
• "Skepticism versus Fallibilism" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: plato.stanford.edu/entries/pr...
• "Fallibilism" The Basics of Philosophy: www.philosophybasics.com/bran...
• The Dream and Evil Demon Hypotheses are found in Meditation 1 of Descartes' "Meditations on First Philosophy": en.wikisource.org/wiki/Medita...
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I think that fallibilism is an example of Russell's paradox, such that fallibilism as a concept can't be supported or justified in a conclusive way, too.
I wrote an essay relatively recently that discussed that if one is to believe that everything is uncertain then one should be uncertain in the belief that everything is uncertain. I have had a hard time finding material that delved into this paradox probably because I'm not very well versed in philosophy. Unless I'm reading into your comment wrong, I think I have finally (coincidentally) found a common view on the matter. So thanks for putting your mind to words on the internet. It's great to see that someone shares my analysis.
@@Jacob.Peyser You are welcome.
This is only a problem if you frame fallibilism negatively by reading it as "for any proposition, it is impossible to be absolutely certain of it". Fallibilism is not that. Fallibilism is the proactive stance that for any proposition p, p can be known even if it is not absolutely certain. You would seem to be indicting possibly some justifications for fallibilism if anything.
great content
Thanks!!