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SUMMARY:Catherine Z. Elgin (Harvard): The Value of Fallibilism
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Fallibilism is a concession to the permanent possibility of error.  As a stance\, it teeters between skepticism and dogmatism.  'I know but I might be wrong' seems to give assurance with one breath and take it away with the next.  'I know even though I might be wrong' seems to combine intellectual arrogance with mock modesty.  I argue that fallibilism is properly a stance toward understanding\, not knowledge.  By sensitizing us to the possibility of error\, it puts us in a position to assess the strength\, stability and resiliency of the various commitments that constitute our understanding of a topic.
URL:http://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/events/catherine-elgin-fallibilism/
CATEGORIES:Popper Seminar
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