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Epistemic Closure and the Problem of Pragmatism
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What is epistemic closure?
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The idea that knowledge is self-contained and independent of experience.
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Epistemic closure is the idea that knowledge is self-contained and independent of experience. This means that once we know something, we cannot be mistaken about it, even if new evidence comes to light that seems to contradict it.