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    It is not the case that Fallibilism (Peirce, Dewey, Popper) holds that knowledge does not require infallibility but only justified, revisable belief.

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    • 1.If beliefs are revisable, they lack the stability needed to ground confident action and genuine knowledge claims.
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    • 2.Fallibilism conflates 'not infallible' with 'possibly false,' but knowledge might require certainty about core axioms.
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    • 3.Some truths (logical laws, basic observations) seem resistant to revision, suggesting fallibilism is too universal.
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    • 1.Science progresses by revising theories in light of new evidence, proving fallibility is compatible with reliable knowledge.
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    • 2.Demanding infallibility makes knowledge impossible; no finite being can achieve certainty about anything empirical.
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    • 3.Justified belief tracks truth better than infallibility does, since justification responds to available evidence.
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