Fallibilism, closure, and pragmatic encroachment.

I argue that fallibilism, single-premise epistemic closure, and one formulation of the 'knowledge-action principle' are inconsistent. I will consider a possible way to avoid this incompatibility, by advocating a pragmatic constraint on belief in general, rather than just knowledge. But I will conclu...

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Published in:	Philosophical Studies Vol. 173; no. 10; pp. 2745 - 2758
Main Author:	Zweber, Adam
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Oct2016
Subjects:	Fallibilism Theory of knowledge Pragmatics Inconsistency (Logic) Fantl, Jeremy
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost