A belief-forming process that validates its own infallibility via the outputs of that very process exemplifies the 'easy knowledge' problem Vogel and Cohen identify in epistemic circularity.
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infallibility(Used by Mill to characterize the epistemic error made by those who would suppress beliefs they take to be false or harmful)
The assumption that one's own judgment about the truth or falsity of a belief cannot be mistaken
knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
validate(what conventionalism would be forced to do)
To officially accept or confirm something as correct, legitimate, or true.