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Edmund Gettier Justified True Belief

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The task of uncovering what constitutes as knowledge is as old as philosophy itself. Analyzing knowledge is extensively considered an important mission -not only -because it reveals the necessary and sufficient conditions for knowledge but also because it allows us to suggest who exactly has knowledge of what and when. It was only in 1963 that the widely accepted “Justified True Belief” (JTB) analysis of knowledge came into question. In a two page essay Edmund Gettier provided two counter-examples which challenged our traditional notion of knowledge. This essay will evaluate if Gettier truly did “single-handedly change the course of epistemology”. It will do so by acknowledging some criticisms towards Gettier. Consequently, this essay will assert that several decades later the Gettier cases are still successful in questioning JTB and thus the philosophical analysis of knowledge has yet to be resolved.

What is the analysis of knowledge?
As epistemologists, it seems somewhat instinctual that we should understand what knowledge is compromised of. If we are able to do so we can offer several explanatory and prescriptive considerations. For example, we can suggest who has …show more content…

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