Epistemology for modern Skeptics: II, Fallibilism as an approach to knowledge

[image: David Hume (left, britannica.com) and René Descartes (right, philosophybreak.com]

These days we are too darn certain of way too many things we have no business being certain about. Or so I believe. Welcome to modern Skepticism! I am currently in the middle of elaborating a more or less coherent philosophy of life inspired by both ancient and modern Skepticism, and since Skepticism is largely an epistemological stance (i.e., it is about…