Fallibilism

Originally, fallibilism (from Medieval Latin: fallibilis, "liable to error") is the philosophical principle that propositions can be accepted even though they cannot be conclusively proven or justified,^[1][2] or that neither knowledge nor belief is certain.^[3] The term was coined in the late nineteenth century by the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, as a response to foundationalism. Theorists, following Austrian-British philosopher Karl Popper, may also refer to fallibilism as the notion that knowledge might turn out to be false.^[4] Furthermore, fallibilism is said to imply corrigibilism, the principle that propositions are open to revision.^[5] Fallibilism is often juxtaposed with infallibilism.