Just where is the error? Or
Epistemology as the history of error
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21730733 |
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| Authors | Edward M Swiderski (0000-0003-1030-6540, University of Fribourg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Pages | 11-32 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Napis Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1507-4153 • E-ISSN: 2719-4191 |
| Publisher | Instytut Badan Literackich PAN/The Institute of Literary Research PAS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18318/napis.2020.1.2 |
| OpenAlex | W3118172763 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
It would most likely be easier to write a "history of error" than a "history of truth". Not because error abounds and truth is still to prevail, but because the latter appears to be symbiotic, virtually parasitic on it. We speak of "overcoming error", "clearing up mistakes", "revising our views"; we experience doubt and uncertainty, the gnawing suspicion that things are not as they seem, that we have got it wrong, that scepticism with regard to our own beliefs and those of others is by no means unwarranted and unwise. Truth, it seems, is elusive, and it is usual to wonder whether it has carried the day, or whether error continues to trip us up, perhaps in ways that elude us, of which we are ignorant
Epistemology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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