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Definition:
Fallibilism argues that some or even all claims to knowledge can be mistaken. Fallibilism
differs from skepticism in that the fallibilist does not also argue that we should
suspend belief because of our lack of certainty.
Some fallibilists, like Charles S. Peirce, limit their arguments to empirical statements from the natural sciences. Other fallibilists, like W.V. Quine, do not allow for such limits. By arguing that no propositions are really analytic, he concludes that we cannot conclude that any proposition is necessarily true and, hence, that we cannot claim to know them with certainty.
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