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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'Theory Change and the Indeterminacy of Reference' and 'Fallibilism'

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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism

19702

We can't normally say that we know something 'but it might be false' [Dougherty]

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Fallibilism is consistent with dogmatism or scepticism, and is not alternative to them [Dougherty]

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It is best to see the fallibility in the reasons, rather than in the agents or the knowledge [Dougherty]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

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'Partial reference' is when the subject thinks two objects are one object [Field,H, by Recanati]