Gettier problem

English

Etymology

Attributed to American philosopher Edmund Gettier.

Noun

Gettier problem (plural Gettier problems)

(philosophy) 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.

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Translations

Finnish: Gettierin ongelma
German: Gettier-Problem n
Polish: problem Gettiera m

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