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    Claim (2) asserts that any of our beliefs may turn out to... — Carmelics
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    Supports→If claims (1) and (2) are true, then claim (3) is false — that is, there is fallible knowledge
    Supports→If claims (2) and (3) are true, then claim (1) is false — that is, there is no knowledge

    Claim (2) asserts that any of our beliefs may turn out to be false

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    The trilemma emerges because, given that (3) formulates the concept of knowledge as infallible knowledge, only two of (1), (2), and (3) can be held together: if (1) and (2) are true, then (3) is false (there is fallible knowledge); if (1) and (3) are true, then (2) is false (there is infallible knowledge); and if (2) and (3) are true, then (1) is false (there is no knowledge). Pereda maintains that the solution to the trilemma is not to abandon one of the claims, but to recognize that there is b

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