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Susan Haack's critique of foundationalism, part 1

Edit The Examiner 05 Jun 2016
In chapter 2 of her book Evidence and Inquiry. Towards a Pragmatist Reconstruction of Epistemology, Susan Haack critiques the foundationalism of C.I. Lewis ... Perhaps most striking about Lewis' foundationalism is its infallibilism. According to this fallibilism, there is no distinction between being immune from error and being immune from justification. To occupy one place is to occupy the other ... ....

Susan Haack's critique of Richard Rorty, part 3

Edit The Examiner 05 Jun 2016
He wanted philosophy to engage in “the most rational methods it can devise, for finding out the little that can as yet be found out about the universe of mind and matter from those observations which every person can make in every hour of his waking life.” Haack, a card-carrying moderate, appreciates Peirce's synthesis of fallibilism and cautious optimism about the ability of humans to learn about reality ... ....

The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
He proposes instead embracing a philosophical stance known as "fallibilism" which is "the recognition that there are no authoritative sources of knowledge, nor any reliable means of justifying ideas as being true or probable." The result is that, in Deutsch's words. ... fallibilism alone rather understates the error-prone nature of knowledge-creation....

Xolela Mangcu on Biko and race in 'post-apartheid South Africa'

Edit Mail Guardian South Africa 30 Jul 2015
‘Does Race Matter in Post-apartheid South Africa?’ is the subtitle of ‘The Colour of Our Future’ (Wits University Press), edited by Xolela Mangcu. In this edited extract from the book’s first chapter, he posits what moving beyond race could mean – a joint culture. Race is as old as the ages ... Liberals would rather we banished race talk because they view such talk as pre-modern ... “We do well to pay obeisance to fallibilism.” ... He writes....
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