Kwame Anthony Appiah teaches philosophy at New York University and is the author of “The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity.” This piece is adapted from his 2024 acceptance speech for the John W.

Hope, in its propositional construction “I hope that p” is compatible with a stated chance for the speaker that ¬p. On fallibilist construals of knowledge, knowledge is compatible with a chance of ...

This paper defends the epistemological doctrine of fallibilism from recent objections. In "The Myth of Knowledge" Laurence BonJour argues that we should reject fallibilism for two main reasons: first, ...

We all shop for interpretations of reality. We often pretend that we’re just interested in what’s true, but that’s not true. We’re far more eager to embrace interpretations that make us feel smart and ...