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An Analysis of Edmund Gettier's Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (Hardcover)
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An Analysis of Edmund Gettier's Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (Hardcover)
Series: The Macat Library
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For 2,000 years, the standard philosophical model of knowledge was
that it could be defined as a justified true belief. According to
this way of thinking, we can know, for example, that we are human
because [1] we believe ourselves to be human; [2] that belief is
justified (others treat us as humans, not as dogs); and [3] the
belief is true. This definition, which dates to Plato, was
challenged by Edmund Gettier in one of the most influential works
of philosophy published in the last century - a three page paper
that produced two clear examples of justified true beliefs that
could not, in fact, be considered knowledge. Gettier's achievement
rests on solid foundations provided by his mastery of the critical
thinking skill of analysis. By understanding the way in which Plato
- and every other epistemologist - had built their arguments, he
was able to identify the relationships between the parts, and the
assumptions that underpinned then. That precise understanding was
what Gettier required to mount a convincing challenge to the theory
- one that was bolstered by a reasoning skill that put his counter
case pithily, and in a form his colleagues found all but
unchallengeable.
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