Fallibilism recognizes that human knowledge is provisional and open to error, but rather than providing a reason to abandon science, philosophers treat it as a foundational principle that drives ongoing inquiry and epistemic progress.
The claim asserts that fallibilism logically entails abandoning the pursuit of scientific knowledge. In epistemology and the philosophy of science, fallibilism is widely understood precisely as the opposite: an acknowledgment that our knowledge is imperfect, which paradoxically fuels continuous investigation, self-correction, and the refinement of theories. None of the retrieved papers support the idea that fallibilism justifies abandoning science; instead, papers like [0], [5], and [9] explicitly frame fallibilism as compatible with—and even essential for—sustained, rigorous inquiry.