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corrigible

British pronunciation/kˈɒɹɪdʒəbəl/
American pronunciation/ˈkɔɹədʒəbəɫ/
corrigible
[ADJECTIVE]
1

capable of being corrected or set right

antonyms : incorrigible
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1But it's this idea that knowledge claims are corrigible.
2Mill has a much more modern concept of science, the one that you intuitively have, which says, first of all, that all knowledge is corrigible, all propositions have to be evaluated by reference to evidence in the scientific method, and we could always be wrong in our attempts to do that.
3We can make empirical claims, but at the end of the day those claims are fallible, they're corrigible, they might have to be revised in the face of future knowledge, and science is not going to ever reach to the level of certainty with propositions of that sort.
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