This paper advances the debate over the question whether
false beliefs may nevertheless have
warrant, the property that yields knowledge when conjoined with true belief. The paper’s first main part—which spans Sections 2–4—assesses
the best argument for
Warrant Infallibilism, the view that only
true beliefs can have warrant. I show that this argument’s key premise conflicts with an extremely plausible claim about warrant.
Sections 5–6 constitute the paper’s second main part. Section 5 presents an overlooked puzzle about warrant, and uses that
puzzle to generate a new argument for
Warrant Fallibilism, the view that
false beliefs can have warrant. Section 6 evaluates this pro-Fallibilism argument, finding ultimately that it defeats itself in
a surprising way. I conclude that
neither Infallibilism
nor Fallibilism should now constrain theorizing about warrant.
Keywords Warrant - Knowledge - Infallibilism - Fallibilism