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'''Infallibility''', from [[Latin]] [[origin]] ('in', not + 'fallere', to deceive), is a term with a [[Diversity|variety]] of [[meanings]] related to knowing [[truth]] with certainty.
'''Infallibility''', from [[Latin]] [[origin]] ('in', not + 'fallere', to deceive), is a term with a [[Diversity|variety]] of [[meanings]] related to knowing [[truth]] with certainty.
Some philosophical schools deny that people can know anything; others deny that people can know anything with [[certainty]]. For details, see [[existentialism]] and [[skepticism]].
Some philosophical schools deny that people can know anything; others deny that people can know anything with [[certainty]]. For details, see [[existentialism]] and [[skepticism]].
The German [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_rationalist critical rationalist] philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Albert Hans Albert] presented a [[logical]] [[argument]] that fallibilism is ubiquitous and inevitable, even in the fields of [[mathematics]] and [[logic]]. For details, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchhausen_Trilemma Münchhausen Trilemma].
The German [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_rationalist critical rationalist] philosopher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Albert Hans Albert] presented a [[logical]] [[argument]] that fallibilism is ubiquitous and inevitable, even in the fields of [[mathematics]] and [[logic]]. For details, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchhausen_Trilemma Münchhausen Trilemma].
Other philosophical schools agree that people can know things with [[certainty]]. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics metaphysics], [[epistemology]], [[reason]] and [[logic]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infallible]
Other philosophical schools agree that people can know things with [[certainty]]. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics metaphysics], [[epistemology]], [[reason]] and [[logic]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infallible]
==References==
==References==
1. Cross, F.L. and Livingstone, E.A. (eds), "infallibility" in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, p831. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0-19-211655-X
1. Cross, F.L. and Livingstone, E.A. (eds), "infallibility" in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, p831. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0-19-211655-X
[[Category: Philosophy]]
[[Category: Philosophy]]
