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The Gettier problem is a central challenge in epistemology that demonstrates how justified true belief can fail to constitute knowledge due to the influence of luck, as described in [1], [2], and [3]. Various philosophical frameworks, such as virtue epistemology and reliabilism, attempt to resolve this problem by refining the conditions required for a belief to qualify as knowledge, as noted in [4], [5], and [6].
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Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 5 facts
claimThe credit thesis is used to explain the value of knowledge and features prominently in attempts to resolve the Gettier problem and explain epistemic luck.
claimConventional virtue epistemology (VE) utilizes the resources of virtue epistemology to address standard questions in contemporary Anglophone epistemology, such as providing analyses or definitions of knowledge and justification, solving puzzles like the Gettier problem and the lottery problem, constructing counterexamples, and confronting the skeptic.
referenceLinda Zagzebski's conventional virtue epistemology (1996) provides a definition of knowledge and an attempted resolution of the Gettier problem.
claimVirtue Epistemology solves the Gettier problem by asserting that knowledge requires an agent to believe the truth because of their intellectual virtues, whereas Gettier subjects do not believe the truth because of their virtues.
claimA Gettier case is constructed by starting with a belief that meets the justification condition for knowledge, adding an element of bad luck that would normally prevent the belief from being true, and adding a dose of good luck that cancels out the bad luck so the belief ends up true.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 3 facts
claimGettier-cases are instances of Justified True Belief (JTB) that do not qualify as knowledge because neither the possession of evidence nor origination in reliable faculties is sufficient to ensure that a belief is not true merely because of luck.
claimThe Gettier problem refers to the challenge of identifying what further element must be added to Justified True Belief (JTB) to create conditions that are jointly sufficient for knowledge.
claimReliabilism asserts that justification is not necessary for knowledge, and that reliably produced true belief is sufficient for knowledge, provided the notion of reliability is refined to rule out Gettier cases.
Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 2 facts
claimSome epistemologists argue that the Gettier problem necessitates seeking a substantially different alternative to the Justified True Belief (JTB) account of knowledge, rather than simply adding a fourth condition.
claimThe Gettier problem demonstrates that it is possible for a belief to be both justified and true, yet still fail to constitute knowledge because the truth of the belief relies on luck.
Epistemic Justification – Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology press.rebus.community 1 fact
claimThe Gettier problem demonstrates that epistemically justified true belief is not entirely sufficient for knowledge.
Virtue Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimLinda Zagzebski claims that her analysis of knowledge is immune to Gettier counterexamples because of the tight connection between the warrant and truth conditions for knowledge.