Can Knowledge Be Characterised as Justified True Belief? What Would a Better Account of Knowledge Look like?

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01/04/2008

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Table of Contents Can Knowledge Be Characterised as Justified True Belief? What Would a Better Account of Knowledge Look like?
 Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Obvious advantages to the theory
  3. The example of Tom
  4. The socurce of perceptual knowledge
  5. The causal chain involved in the reasoning process
  6. Conclusion
  7. Bibliography

Abstract

There have been many attempts over the years to try and define what constitutes knowledge. Up until the early 1960's, the general consensus was that the tripartite analysis of knowledge was correct. However, it is now widely accepted that this is not the case, due to the work of Edmund Gettier (Analysis 23, 1967). However, although Gettier pioneered the way forward in the analysis of knowledge, he did not offer a satisfactory attempt to correct the tripartite analysis. In this essay I will try to show how Gettier exposes the flaws within the tripartite analysis. I will also show why I believe Gettier's answer to be incomplete, looking at an attempt to add to his ideas. The best attempt to correct or add to the Gettier analysis is by Alvin Goldman. (1967). He proposes a causal theory of knowledge, which I will look at later on.

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