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fallibilism

noun
/ˈfælɪbɪlɪzəm/

Etymology

From fallible + -ism.

  1. derived from fallere — “to deceive”
  2. derived from fallibilis — “liable to err, also deceitful”
  3. inherited from fallible
  4. suffixed as fallibilism — “fallible + ism”

Definitions

  1. The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical and susceptible to…

    The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical and susceptible to correction.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for fallibilism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA