Gettier problem

Noun

Meaning

Gettier problem (plural Gettier problems)

(philosophy) The epistemological problem that a description of knowledge as "justified true belief" is not adequate: there are counterexamples where an individual has justified true belief of something and yet does not know it to be true.

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Related terms

Gettierian Gettier case Gettier intuition Gettiered

Examples

For example, an externalist response to the Gettier problem is to say that, in order for a justified true belief to count as knowledge, there must be a link or dependency between the belief and the state of the external world. Source: Internet

Reliabilism main Reliabilism has been a significant line of response to the Gettier problem among philosophers, originating with work by Alvin Goldman in the 1960s. Source: Internet

The Indian philosopher B. K. Matilal has drawn on the Navya-Nyāya fallibilism tradition to respond to the Gettier problem. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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