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Philosophy

The Epistemology of False Belief and the Nature of Error

Quick fact

A belief can be fully justified and still be false—this is the central insight behind Edmund Gettier's famous counterexamples, which show that justification doesn't guarantee truth.

Why this is interesting

We all make mistakes, but how can a belief we hold with confidence turn out to be false? If that's possible, what does it say about the reliability of our minds?