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For peace and harmony in a society it is necessary to resolve conflicts and disagreements regarding social issues. Karl Popper is of the view that if disagreements are resolved with the authoritarian attitude that our arguments are conclusive then this attitude imposes its opinion and hence it may lead to violence. Karl popper rejects authoritarian attitude on the basis of his critique of absolute knowledge. He believes in fallibility of knowledge. He thinks that if disagreements are resolved with an attitude of reasonableness that our arguments are rational but are not conclusive then this attitude is ready to be convinced by other. Hence it leads to reasonable compromise and promotes tolerance rather than intolerance. Problem that arises here is that if all knowledge is fallible then it will ultimately lead someone to conclude that his position regarding a dispute cannot be falsified conclusively. Then compromises will not be made on the result of soundness of argument but will be made for the sake of greater interest of a group of individuals. It will promote confrontation between interest groups. Thus we will not be able to hope for a tolerant society. The aim of this paper is to look into the matter of possibility of a tolerant society by study of Popper’s method and by working out its limitations. This study will help in understanding of the theoretical issues regarding the construction of a tolerant society
Muhammad Ateeq . (2013) Fallibility of Knowledge and the Attitude of Reasonableness: A Study of Popper’s Conception of Tolerant Society and its limitations, The Dialogue, Volume 8, Issue 2.
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