English Explanatory Dictionary

Gettier problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The epistemological problem that a description of knowledge as “justified true belief” is not adequate: there are counterexamples where a person has justified true belief of something and yet does not know it to be true.

Word forms

Gettier problem Gettier problems

Etymology

Attributed to American philosopher Edmund Gettier.

Related words

Gettier case Gettiered Gettierian Gettier intuition
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