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...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 173; no. 10; pp. 2745 - 2758 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2016
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| Sumario: | 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 conclude that this is not a promising option for defusing the problem. I do not argue here for any one way of resolving the inconsistency. |
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