Knowledge as Justified True Belief

Job de Grefte*

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Abstract

What is knowledge? I this paper I defend the claim that knowledge is justified true belief by arguing that, contrary to common belief, Gettier cases do not refute it. My defence will be of the anti-luck kind: I will argue that (1) Gettier cases necessarily involve veritic luck, and (2) that a plausible version of reliabilism excludes veritic luck. There is thus a prominent and plausible account of justification according to which Gettier cases do not feature justified beliefs, and therefore, do not present counterexamples to the tripartite analysis. I defend the account of justification against objections, and contrast my defence of the tripartite analysis to similar ones from the literature. I close by considering some implications of this way of thinking about justification and knowledge.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)531-549
Number of pages19
JournalErkenntnis
Volume88
Issue number2
Early online date19-Feb-2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb-2023

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