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#61580 03/18/2002 10:33 AM
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#61581 03/18/2002 10:47 AM
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Pardon my cacography.

It's "fallibilism." Thanks for pointing that out.

To me it means that we hold our opinions are open to criticism, that "our understanding" is shorthand for "our *current* understanding."

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