The terms "Gettier problem", "Gettier case", or even the adjective "Gettiered", are sometimes used to describe any case in the field of epistemology that purports to repudiate the JTB account of knowledge.

Gettier problems or cases are named in honor of the American philosopher Edmund Gettier, who discovered them in 1963. They function as challenges to the philosophical tradition of defining …

The Gettier Problem is a tricky question from the world of philosophy that asks just that. It puts a spotlight on what it means to really ‘know’ something, suggesting there’s more to it than we might think.

The Gettier problem is named after American philosopher Edmund Gettier, who in 1963 presented two famous counterexamples to the JTB account of knowledge. The most well-known case is about two …

Smith selects three place-names quite at random, and constructs the following three propositions: (i) Either Jones owns a Ford, or Brown is in Brest-Litovsk.

The expression ‘the Gettier problem’ refers to one or another problem exposed by Edmund Gettier when discussing the relation between several examples that he constructed and analyses of knowing …

Apr 10, 2014 · The widespread response to the Gettier Problem (as it has come to be known) has been to admit that justification, truth, and belief are individually necessary but jointly insufficient for …

When philosophers try to understand the nature of knowledge, they arguably have to confront the Gettier Problem. This problem, set out in Edmund Gettier’s famous paper of 1963, has possibly yet to be …

Gettier’s paper had a tremendous impact on contemporary epistemology. Measured in terms of impact per page his three-page paper (yes, only three pages) rates among the most influential of twentieth …

Gettier’s examples rely on the following two principles: the Justified Falsehood principle (JF): It is possible for a person to be (adequately) justified in believing a false proposition. One way of replying …