infallibilism

English

Noun

infallibilism (countable and uncountable, plural infallibilisms)

1. A doctrine of the infallibility of a certain person or thing, especially (Roman Catholicism) the doctrine of papal infallibility; support of this doctrine.
2. (epistemology) The theory that belief in a true proposition counts as knowledge only if the proposition is necessarily entailed by the evidence or reasoning that supports this belief.

Related terms

• infallibilist